Curriculum Vitae

Key competences

• Finances and human resources
• Steering of structural and development processes
• Organisation, co-ordination and internal communication
• Editing of publications

Professional record

• Project development at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights, Vienna
• Lecturer at the Media Management Department of the University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten
• National co-ordination of the Grundtvig project “Inter.Media – Intercultural Learning for Non-commercial Media in Europe”
• Freelance project development and co-ordination
• Office co-ordination for Attac Austria, Vienna
• Co-ordination of the AMARC Europe Women’s Network (World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters); project management in the area of anti-racism; general management of the AMARC Europe offices in Sheffield, Berlin, Budapest and Vienna, Sheffield/UK, Wien
• Programme co-ordination at Orange 94.0 – the free radio in Vienna
• Chairperson of the association “Freies Radio Wien”
• Activist in the Austrian pirate radio movement, establishment of a community radio for Vienna, involved in media policy related activities in Austria and on European level

Education

• Studies of drama history and philosophy at the University of Vienna, MPhil

Membership in networks

• Representative of the BIM in the Fundamental Rights Platform of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency
• European network of communication staff of National (and other) Human Rights Institutes
• Member of the editors’ association of Orange 94.0 – the free radio in vienna

Publications

• The Role of Human Rights Institutes – The Example of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights. In: All Human Rights for All. Vienna Manual on Human Rights. Hg.: Manfred Nowak, Karolina Januszewski und Tina Hofstätter. Wien, Graz [u.a.]: nwv [u.a.], 2012, S. 300-303
• Co-editor of the BIM Study Series together with Manfred Nowak and Hannes Tretter since 2008
• Wer spricht. Interkulturelle Arbeit und Mehrsprachigkeit im Kontext Freier Medien. Klagenfurt/Celovec: Drava, 2006. Co-edited with Helmut Peissl and Katja Weiss
• Multilingual and intercultural radio. Trainings module. In: Bildungszentrum BürgerMedien (Hg.): Intercultural Media Training in Europe. Handbook for trainers, staff and editors. kopaed: München, 2006, S. 49-81. Together with Adriane Borger, Frank Hagen, Sandra Hochholzer, Antje Schwarzmeier
• FM@dia Forum '04. Connecting Free Media in Central/Eastern Europe and Beyond. Conference Report. Oktober 2004
• Konzept der Synergien des Offenen Fernsehkanals Wien. Studie im Auftrag des Presse- und Informationsdienstes der Stadt Wien. Together with Alf Altendorf, Christian Berger, Herbert Depner, Barbara Eppensteiner, Andreas Ramstorfer, Thomas Thurner. Wien, 2002
• "...wo Menschen befreit sind vom Zwang, in einer Minute dreißig die Welt ohne Widersprüche zu erklären..."Über Aneignungsprozesse und Brüche in Freien Medien. In: Brüchert, Oliver/Resch, Christine (Hg.): Zwischen Herrschaft und Befreiung. Kulturelle, politische und wissenschaftliche Strategien. Münster: Westfälisches Dampfboot, 2002, S. 222-229
• Women Online. Training Materials on how to use the Internet for women working in community radio stations. Together with Anna Alonso. Sheffield, 2001
• vielfältig.frech.feministisch. CD-Booklet und Dokumentation "FM FEM Connected. Netzwerk der Frauenredaktionen in Österreichs Freien Radios". November 2000
• Die eigene Stimme erheben. Migrantinnen im Freien Radio. In: Frauensolidarität. Nr. 73 (3/2000), S.33f
• Rôle des Mèdias. Konferenzbeitrag. In: Commission Nationale Consultative des Droits de l’Homme: Contre le racisme. Un combat au quotidien. Actes du colloque des 6 et 7 Juillet 2000. La Documentation française: Paris, 2000, S. 95-98
• Arbeiten am öffentlichen Raum. Artikulation und Partizipation im Freien Radio. In: sektor3/kultur. Widerstand, Kulturarbeit, Zivilgesellschaft. Wien: IG Kultur, 2000, S. 63-70
• Reflexive Menschenverachtung: die Wienerische Variante von Herrschaftskritik. Der Herr Karl – ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter. Gemeinsam mit Heinz Steinert. In: Sieder, Reinhard/Steinert, Heinz/Talos, Emmerich (Hg.): Österreich 1945 – 1995. Gesellschaft – Politik – Kultur. Wien: Verlag für Gesellschaftskritik, 1995, S. 236-249
• Lokalradio. Meinungen – Materialien. Wien: Edition Freies Radio Wien, 1995 Co-edited with Andrea Danmayr and Birgit Schrentewein

Further articles on media policy related topics.

Curriculum Vitae

Key competences

• Academic research and analysis, with special emphasis on child rights based approaches and on trafficking in human beings
• Human rights monitoring and assessment
• Networking and advocacy
• Training and curriculum development
• Project development

Professional record

• Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights, Legal researcher (07/1994 to present), Head of Department on Child Rights, Women’s Rights and Human Trafficking (since 2008)
• Lecturer and guest lectures at academic institutions (Universities of Vienna, Graz, Krems, Liverpool, applied sciences institutions of Vienna, St. Pölten, Dornbirn, German Youth Institute Munich), at international conferences (United Nations, Council of Europe, European Union, OSCE), advanced learning programmes (e.g. European Master’s Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation/Venice, Human Rights Master/Vienna, elbMUN/Dresden, African Human Rights Camp/Zimbabwe), on subjects, such as human rights, children’s rights, trafficking in human beings, civic education
• Human rights monitor, including for the Council of Europe (Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA), in Armenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, Germany), for non-governmental organisations (“shadow reporting“ to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, UN Committee on economic, social and cultural rights)
• Consultancies, including for European Commission, European Parliament, Council of Europe, UNHCR, ministries and other public bodies, non-governmental organisations (such as child rights networks in Austria, Germany, SOS Children’s Villages, UNICEF Austria)

Education

• University Vienna, Master in Legal Studies (Mag. iur.), Specialisation classes on Fundamental rights, International Law, European Law (1988 to 1993)
• Advance learning programmes, including at Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR), Specialisation Course on Child Protection, Monitoring and Rehabilitation (in the context of field operations) (September/October 2006), ZARA association, Anti-Racism Training Programme (2000), trainings on child psychology, and on communication and presentation skills

Membership in professional bodies/networks

• Second Vice-President (since 2013) of the Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) of the Council of Europe (since 2011)                                                      
• Austrian Child Rights Monitoring Board (since 2012)
• BIM representative at the inter-institutional Austrian Task Force on Human Trafficking Working Group on Child Trafficking (since 2007)
• Vienna University Representative (with Manfred Nowak) at the Child Rights ERASMUS Academic Network (CREAN) (since 2012)
• Management Council of the European Children’s Network (EURONET), as representative of the Austrian National Coalition for the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (2007-2010)
• Executive Team of the Austrian National Coalition for the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (2005-2007 and 2010-2011)
• Board Member of the Austrian NGO “Kuratorium Kinderstimme” (2007-2010)
• Board Member of ECPAT Austria (2004-2012)

Selected Publications

• Kinderhandel - Strukturen und Maßnahmen zur Unterstützung betroffener Kinder in Österreich und im EU-Vergleich [Child trafficking - Structures and measures for child victim assistance in Austria and in the EU] (ed.), NWV Vienna - Graz (forthcoming end of 2014).
• Kinderhandel in Österreich – aktuelle öffentlichrechtliche Fragestellungen zu Kooperation und Opferschutz [Child trafficking in Austria - cooperation and victim protection from a public law perspective] (with Nowak, Manfred/Weichselbaum, Barbara), LexisNexis Anti-Child-Trafficking (ACTNow), Vienna 2013, 3-25.
• Good practices in Anti-Child Trafficking, in Center for the Study of Democracy (ed.), Handbook on Assisting and reintegrating children victims of trafficking: promotion and evaluation of best practices in source and destination countries, Sofia 2013, 105-117.
• Monitoring of Anti-Trafficking Efforts by the Council of Europe – The Role of GRETA, in Nowak, Manfred / Januszewski, Karolina / Hofstätter, Tina (ed.), All Human Rights for All. Vienna Manual on Human Rights, NWV Vienna 2012, 151-157.
• Combating Trafficking in Human Beings for Labour Exploitation in Austria (with Planitzer, Julia), in Rijken, Conny (ed.): Combating Trafficking in Human Beings for Labour Exploitation, Wolf Legal Publishers, 2011, 1-72.
• Die Stellung des Kindes in der politischen Entscheidung in Österreich aus kinderrechtlicher Perspektive [The Status of the Child in Political Decision-making in Austria, from a Child Rights Perspective], in Kerbl, R./Thun-Hohenstein, L./Damm, L./Waldhauser, F. (ed.), Kind und Recht: 3. Jahrestagung Politische Kindermedizin 2009, Springer Vienna/New York 2010, 103-116.
• Sociological Research Handbook on Child Trafficking (with Ana-Maria Tamas, Barbara Unterlerchner, Astrid Winkler, Spiru Barbuceanu, Mihaela Dorina Nita), Bukarest 2009.
• Kinderrechte [Children’s Rights], in Heißl, G. (ed.), Handbuch Menschenrechte, 542-556, facultas.wuv Vienna 2009.
• Im besten Interesse des Kindes - Kindeswohlprüfung als kinderrechtliche Herausforderung [The child’s best interest – a child rights challenge], in Bielefeldt, H./Deile, V./Hamm, B./Hutter, F.-J./Kurtenbach, S./Tretter, H. (eds.) Jahrbuch Menschenrechte 2010 – Kinder und Jugendliche, Böhlau Vienna 2009, 37–56.
• Kinderrechtliche Rahmenbedingungen der Kindheit in Österreich - Soziale Arbeit als Kinderrechtsprofession [A Child Rights Framework for Childhood in Austria - Social Work as a Child Rights Profession], in: Knapp, G./Salzmann, G. (ed.), Kindheit, Gesellschaft und Soziale Arbeit Lebenslagen und soziale Ungleichheit von Kindern in Österreich, Hermagoras Verlag Klagenfurt 2009.
• FRA Study on Developing indicators for the protection, respect and promotion of the rights of the child in the European Union (with Stalford, H., Wintersberger, H., Kränzl-Nagl, R. et al.), EU Fundamental Rights Agency, Vienna 2009.
• Kindersoldaten. Ausbeutung als Kriegsverbrechen [Child soldiers - exploitation as a war crime], in Deile, V./Hutter, F.-J./Kurtenbach, S./Tessmer, C. (eds.), Jahrbuch Menschenrechte 2008 - Schwerpunkt: Sklaverei heute, Suhrkamp, Frankfurt/Main 2007, 121-132.
• Deprivation of Liberty of Children (Article 37(b), (c), (d), mit William Schabas), contribution to Eugeen Verhellen, André Alen and Johan Vande Lanotte, Commentary on the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Brill/Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 2006.
• ExpertInnenbericht zum Konsultationsprozess für einen Österreichischen Kinderrechte-Aktionsplan [Expert report on the consultation process for an Austrian National Child Rights Action Plan] (with Renate Kränzl-Nagl, Lieselotte Wilk, Helmut Wintersberger), Vienna 2004.
• Soziale Rechte unbegleiteter minderjähriger AsylwerberInnen [Social rights of unaccompanied child asylum-seekers], in Sperl/Lukas/Sax (eds.), Wirtschaftliche, soziale und kulturelle Rechte von AsylwerberInnen in Österreich, Verlag Österreich, 2004.
• Verfassungsrechtliche Umsetzung der UN-Kinderrechtskonvention in Österreich [Constitutional implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in Austria] (mit Christian Hainzl), Verlag Österreich, 1999.

Curriculum Vitae

Key competences

• Academic research on human rights & business, women’s rights, and development cooperation
• Lectures, trainings and presentations on these topics for various target groups (NGOs, students, companies, international organisations)
• Conceptualising and drafting of project proposals
• Experience with multi-disciplinary teams and international environments
• Team building and management skills

Professional record

• Senior researcher and team leader of the human rights in development cooperation and business team at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights
• Member of the European Committee of Social Rights, Council of Europe
• Consultant for UNDP, BMeiA, Austrian Development Agency, OMV, etc
• Member of the Corporate Social Responsibility Expert Committee at the Austrian Standards Institute
• Gender Consultant for the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), World Bank Group (2001)
• Research Assistant on International Law at the Washington College of Law, American University (2000-2001)

Education

• LL.M. Gender and the Law (Washington College of Law, American University)
• E.MA Human Rights and Democratisation
• Legal studies at the University of Vienna

selcted Publications

• Karin Lukas, Astrid Steinkellner, Sozialnormen in Nachhaltigkeitskapiteln bilateraler Freihandelsabkommen, in: Hänlein/Scherrer (Hg.), Nachhaltigkeitskapitel in Handelsverträgen. Juristische, ökonomische und politologische Begründungen, Nomos Verlag
• Karin Lukas, Franz-Josef Hutter, Menschenrechte und Wirtschaft, Neuer Wissenschaftlicher Verlag, Wien 2009
• Frauenrechte und Geschlechtergleichstellung, in: Heissl (Hg.), Handbuch Menschenrechte, Facultas WUV 2009
• A Human Rights-Based Approach to Poverty Reduction in Macedonia, in: Salomon et al., Casting the Net Wider: Human Rights, Development and New Duty Bearers, Intersentia 2007
• Menschenrechtliche Verantwortung von Unternehmen, in: Baringhorst et al., Politik mit dem Einkaufswagen. Unternehmen und Konsumenten in der globalen Mediengesellschaft, Verlag transcript, Bielefeld 2007
• Karin Lukas, Maria-Theresia Röhsler, Vorwärts in die Vergangenheit? Die Europäische Union und Corporate Social Responsibility, Jahrbuch Menschenrechte, Suhrkamp, Frankfurt 2007
• Konzernverhalten menschenrechtlich hinterfragt, Sammelband „Sir Karl Popper und die Menschenrechte“, Peter Lang, Europäischer Verlag der Wissenschaften, Wien 2007
• Susanne Feigl, Angelika Kartusch, Karin Lukas, Birgit Weyss. Ihr gutes Recht. Gleichbehandlung und. Gleichstellung von Frauen und Männern in der Privatwirtschaft, Wien 2006
• Stefan Hammer, Karin Lukas, Menschenrechte als Schutzansprüche gegenüber wirtschaftlicher Macht, Journal für Rechtspolitik, Wien 03/2005
• Louise Sperl, Karin Lukas, Helmut Sax, Wirtschaftliche, soziale and kulturelle Rechte von AsylwerbertInnen, Verlag Österreich, Wien 2004
• Wirtschaftliche Globalisierung und sozio-ökonomische Menschenrechte – eine Entdeckungsfahrt in: Arnim/Deile/Hutter/Kurtenbach/Tessmer, Jahrbuch Menschenrechte 2003, Suhrkamp Verlag

Curriculum Vitae

Key competences

• Academic research on anti-discrimination, racism, migration and integration
• Conceptualising and drafting proposals for calls launched by the European Union
• Experienced in work with multi-disciplinary teams (jurists, linguists, cultural anthropologists, sociologists, psychologist)
• Evaluation of projects and organisations/companies especially with regard to equal opportunities and anti-discrimination
• Lectures, trainings and presentations on a broad range of anti-discrimination issues in Austria and abroad
• National and international publications
• Team building and management skills

Professional record

• Senior researcher and team leader of the anti-discrimination, diversity and asylum team at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights
• Director of the RAXEN Focal Point for Austria contractor to the European Union Agency of Fundamental Rights
• CEO of the Vienna based NGO ZARA – Zivilcourage und Anti-Rassismus Arbeit
• Researcher at the Department of Education and Human Development, University of Vienna, with a focus on Roma
• Consultations for anti-discrimination audits
• Member of the board of the Vienna based umbrella NGO Network Social Responsibility
• Member of the Working Group “European Diversity Management” at the Austrian Standards Institute
• Short term expert in Anti-Discrimination Twinning Projects in Hungary, Slovenia and Poland
• Evaluation of anti-discrimination projects at regional and national level as well as international human rights projects.
• Resident Twinning Adviser of the Croatian equality body (Office of the Ombudsman)
• Short term expert in various Twinning projects focusing on anti-discrimination

Education

• Postgraduate in Political Science at the Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS), Vienna
• Major in Political Science and Anglistics at the University of Vienna
• One year stay in the USA as an exchange student – Chatard High School in Indianapolis, Indiana

Membership in professional bodies/networks

• Austrian Society for Political Science

Publications

•  Liegl, Barbara/Georg Spitaler (2011) Duell der Legionäre – Helden des Wiener Derbies aus dem Ausland, in: Schütz, Edgar/ Domenico Jacono/Matthias Marschik (eds.) Alles Derby! 100 Jahre Rapid gegen Austria, Verlag die Werkstatt, Göttingen.
• Liegl, Barbara (2011) Rechtliche Mindeststandards als Grundlage für Diversity Management, in: Pauser, Norbert/Manfred Wondrak (eds.): Praxisbuch Diversity Management, Facultas, Wien, 59-77.
• Ammer, Margit/Niall Crowley/Barbara Liegl/Elisabeth Holzleithner/Katrin Wladasch/ Kutsal Yesilkagit (2010): Study on Equality Bodies set up under Directives 2000/43/EC, 2004/113/EC and 2006/54/EC, Synthesis Report, available at:
  http://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=6454&langId=en
• Liegl, Barbara (2010) Anti-Rassismus in der gesellschaftlichen und politischen Praxis, in: Sir Peter Ustinov Institut (ed.) „Rasse“ – ein soziale und politische Konstruktion, Braumüller, Wien, 149-160.
• Liegl, Barbara (2010) (Anti-)Rassismus in der Krise(?), in: Oberlechner, Manfred et al. (ed.) Integration, Rassismen und Weltwirtschaftskrise, Sociologica, Band 14, Wien, 347-365.
• Liegl, Barbara/Astrid Steinkellner/Hannes Tretter (2010) Grundsatzpapier – Die Rolle des Europäischen Gerichtshofes für Menschenrechte in Österreich: Empfehlungen zur Förderung der innerstaatlichen Wirkung seiner Urteile, mit Unterstützung von Kerstin Buchinger und Verena Neisser,
  http://bim.lbg.ac.at/files/sites/bim/JURISTRAS_Grundsatzpapier%20für%20....
• Liegl, Barbara/Sonja Fercher (2010) Zehn Jahre Anti-Rassismus-Arbeit – Vergebene Chance oder doch zwei Schritte vorwärts und einer zurück?, in: SWS Rundschau 1/2010, 127-143.
• Luciak, Mikael/Barbara Liegl (2010) Fostering Roma students’ educational inclusion – a missing part in teacher education, in: Intercultural Education, 497-509.
• Buchinger, Kerstin/Barbara Liegl/Astrid Steinkellner (2009) Protecting Individuals from Vulnerable Groups and Minorities in the ECtHR: Litigation and Jurisprudence in Austria, in: Dia Anagnostou/Evangelia Psychogiopoulou (eds.) The European Court of Human Rights and the Rights of Marginalised Individuals and Minorities in National Context, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Leiden, Boston, 27-50.
• Liegl, Barbara (2009) Menschenrechte und ethnische Minderheiten in Österreich, in: Bettina Gruber/Daniela Rippitsch/Werner Wintersteiner (eds.) Jahrbuch Friedenskultur 2009, Drava, Klagenfurt, 234-250.
• Buchinger, Kerstin/Barbara Liegl/Astrid Steinkellner (2009) Protecting Individuals from Vulnerable Groups and Minorities in the ECtHR: Litigation and Jurisprudence in Austria, in: Dia Anagnostou/Evangelia Psychogiopoulou  (eds.)The European Court of Human Rights and the Rights of Marginalised Individuals and Minorities in National Context, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Leiden, Boston, 27-50.
• Wladasch, Katrin/Barbara Liegl (2009) Positive Maßnahmen – Ein Handbuch zur praxistauglichem Umsetzung von Maßnahmen zur Bekämpfung von strukturellen Diskriminierungen und zur Herstellung von mehr Chancengleichheit, Wien, http://bim.lbg.ac.at/de/positive-massnahmen/handbuch-positive-massnahmen
• Hodasz, Marta/Katharina Köhler/Barbara Liegl (2009) Vielfalt. Respekt. Recht. Informationsbroschüre zum Thema Diskriminierungsschutz, Bundeskanzleramt Österreich, Gleichbehandlungsanwaltschaft, bei der Bundesministerin für Frauen und Öffentlichen Dienst, Wien.
• Liegl, Barbara (2009) Muslime und Musliminnen in Österreich: zwischen Integration, Islamfeindlichkeit und Stärkung der eigenen Identitäten, in: Haedrich, Martina (ed.) Muslime im säkularen Staat: Eine Untersuchung anhand von Deutschland und Österreich, Tagungsband eines wissenschaftlichen Symposiums an der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena am 16. und 17. Mai 2008, Jenaer Schriften zum Recht 38, Richard Booberg Verlag, Stuttgart/München/Hannover/Ber lin/Weimar, Dresden, 23-32.
• Liegl, Barbara/Georg Spitaler (2009) Zwischen Transnationalität und Identitätspolitik: Österreichische Migrationsregimes und der Profifußball (1945–2008), in: SWS Rundschau 2/2009, 234-255.
• Hodasz, Marta/Katharina Köhler/Barbara Liegl (2009) Indicators and Monitoring Systems as Preventive Tools in the Area of Ethnic and Religious Discrimination, in: Julia Kozma/Manfred Nowak/Roland Schmidt (eds.): Indicators and Monitoring Systems in External Policy-Making of the EU, Studienreihe des Ludwig Boltzmann Instituts für Menschenrechte (Band 18), Neuer Wissenschaftlicher Verlag, Wien, 83-98.
• Ammer, Margit/Barbara Liegl/Katrin Wladasch (2008) Religionsfreiheit im Kampf der Kulturen, in: Heiner Bielefeld/Volkmar Deile/Brigitte Hamm/Franz-Josef Hutter/Sabine Kurtenbach/Barbara Lochbihler/Carsten Tessmer/Hannes Tretter (eds.) Religionsfreiheit und Menschenrechte, Jahrbuch Menschenrechte 2009, Wien, Böhlau, 195-208.
• Bischof, Karin/Barbara Liegl (2008): Integration in kleineren Gemeinden als Spiegel der Arbeitsmarktdynamiken Ausfallshaftung Zivilgesellschaft in: Bettina Leibetseder/Josef Weidenholzer (eds.) Integration ist gestaltbar: Strategien erfolgreicher Integrationspolitiken in Städten und Regionen, Sociologica, Band 13, Wien.
• Liegl, Barbara/Georg Spitaler (2008): »Legionäre« am Ball. Transnationalität und Identitätspolitik im österreichischen Profifußball, in: Samo Kobenter/Peter Plener (eds.) Seitenwechsel: Geschichten vom Fußball, Bohmann Verlag, Wien, 41-52.
• Angerler, Eva/Barbara Liegl (2008): CSR and corporate governance in Austria, in: transfer, Vol 14 No 1, Spring 2008, 77-92.
• Liegl, Barbara/Georg Spitaler (2008): Legionäre am Ball: Migration im österreichischen Fußball nach 1945, Braumüller, Wien. For further information see:http://fairplay.vidc.org/startseite/forschung/migration-2008/
• Liegl, Barbara (2008): Wie viel Rassismus darf es denn sein?, in: ZARA (2008): Rassismus Report 2007, 11-12, available at:http://www.zara.or.at/materialien/rassismus-report/Rassismus-Report%2020....
• Bischof, Karin/Brigitte Halbmayr/Kerstin Lercher/Barbara Liegl (2007): Integration in Niederösterreich – Beobachtungen zur Entstehung eines neuen Politikfeldes im kommunalen Kontext und empirische Befunde – Entstehungsbedingungen, Problemlagen und Modelle, in: Heinz Fassmann (ed.) 2. Österreichischer Migrations- und Integrationsbericht: 2001-2006, Drava Verlag, Klagenfurt/Celovec, 351-356.
• Bischof, Karin/Brigitte Halbmayr/Barbara Liegl/Kerstin Lercher (2007): Integration als kommunales Politikfeld – Entstehungsbedingungen, Problemlagen und Modelle, in: SWS Rundschau 2/2007, 164-185.
• Reindl, Susanne/Katharina Köhler/Barbara Liegl (2006): Report of Working Groups 3 and 4: Freedom of expression including hate speech and criminal repression and Racism and Xenophobia in the media and on internet, in: Bundesministerium für Justiz (ed.) Seminar on Racism and Xenophobia: Palace of Justice, Vienna, 20-22 June 2006, Schriftenreihe des Bundesministerium für Justiz – Band 128, Neuer Wissenschaftlicher Verlag, Wien, 75-77.
• Liegl, Barbara (2006): Die SPÖ, in: Emmerich Tálos (ed.): Schwarz – Blau: Eine Bilanz des „Neu Regierens“, LIT Verlag, Wien, 38-52.
• Liegl, Barbara/Helga Amesberger/Brigitte Halbmayr (2006): Migration Policy in the Health Sector, in: IOM, Second Small Scale Study II: Managed Migration and the Labour market – the health sector - Austrian Report, 13-16.
• Liegl, Barbara (2005): Kleinparteien, in: Herbert Dachs/Peter Gerlich/Herbert Gottweis/Helmut Kramer/Volkmar Lauber/Wolfgang C. Müller/Emmerich Tálos (eds.): Politik in Österreich: Das Handbuch, Wien, 402-411.
• Bali, Susi/Theresia Gabriel/Barbara Liegl/Irene Kloimüller (2004): Standortbestimmung, in: EQUAL-Entwicklungspartnerschaft "Gleiche Chancen im Betrieb" (ed.): Gleiche Chancen im Betrieb: Das Handbuch zur Gleichstellung von MigrantInnen, Wien, 81-98, available at: http://www.gleichechancen.at/manual/start.html.
• Liegl, Barbara/Bernhard Perchinig/Birgit Weyss (2004): Prawne i instytucjonalne aspekty przeciwdzia³ania dyskriminacji w Polsce, Warsaw.
• Liegl, Barbara/Bernhard Perchinig/Birgit Weyss (2004): Combating Religious and Ethnic Discrimination in Employment, edited by the European Network Against Racism, available at:http://cms.horus.be/files/99935/MediaArchive/pdf/discrim_employ_04_en.pd....
• Liegl, Barbara/Anton Pelinka (2004): Chronos und Ödipus: Der Kreisky-Androsch-Konflikt, Wien.
• Bauböck, Rainer/Barbara Liegl (2000). Wahlrecht für AusländerInnen, in: Forum Politische Bildung (ed.): Informationen zur Politischen Bildung, Nr. 17, 80-81.

Curriculum Vitae

Key competences

• Broad expertise on education for democratic citizenship and human rights education (lectures, workshops, trainings / publications / networking)
• Focus on women’s human rights, rights of persons with disabilities
• Organizational development, strategic planning

Professional record

• Head of the Human Rights Education unit at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights
• Managing director of polis – Centre for Citizenship Education in Schools
• Member of the Advisory Panel of the German School Competition on Civic Education of the German Federal Agency for Civic Education
• Member of the Advisory Council for Citizenship Education of the Federal Ministry for Education
• Member of erinnern.at – Nationalsozialismus und Holocaust: Gedächtnis und Gegenwart
• 2003 – 2009 member of the board of Amnesty International Austria

Education

• Studies at the University of Vienna (Comparative Literature, Romance Languages and literature) (Mag. phil, Dr. phil.)
• Vocational education in project management
• Vocational training in strategic management, Gender Mainstreaming, organizational development, human resource management etc.

Publications

• Haupt, Maria; Hladschik, Patricia; Steurer, Dorothea: Sustainable Development and Gender Equality. polis aktuell 4/2007. Vienna, 2007.
• Hladschik, Patricia; Nussbaumer, Michael: Discrimination on Grounds of Sexual Orientation. polis aktuell 6/2007. Vienna, 2007.
• Patricia Hladschik: Protest. polis aktuell 3/2008. Vienna, 2008. 16 pages.
• Patricia Hladschik: Old and Young. Together or against each other. polis aktuell 5/2009. Vienna, 2009. 20 pages.
• Patricia Hladschik: Children’s Rights are Human Rights. polis aktuell 7/2009. Vienna, 2009. 24 pages.
• Patricia Hladschik: Women’s Rights are Human Rights. polis aktuell 8/2009. Vienna, 2009. 24 pages.
• Ausserer, Ingrid; Haupt, Maria; Hladschik, Patricia: European Citizenship Education in Primary School. Vienna: Edition polis, 2010. 52 pages
• Ausserer, Ingrid; Hladschik, Patricia; Turek, Elisabeth: "Ich kauf mir was"– Consumer Education in Primary School. Vienna: Edition polis, 2010. 44 pages
• Ausserer, Ingrid; Hladschik, Patricia; Steurer, Dorothea; Turek, Elisabeth: Consumption and lifestyle. polis aktuell 3/2010. Vienna, 2010. 34 pages
• Hladschik, Patricia: Human Rights, Politics and Media in Primary School. polis aktuell 1/2011. Vienna 2011. 24 pages
• Hladschik, Patricia: Laws. polis aktuell 4/2011. Vienna 2011. 16 pages
• Ausserer, Ingrid; Haupt, Maria; Hladschik, Patricia; Hladschik, Thomas; Müllner, Martin: Nuclear power Pros and Cons. polis aktuell 5/2011. Vienna , 2011. 24 pages

Curriculum Vitae

Since 03/2003: EU Twinning Project Manager at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights

Education

• 2001: Master's degree in Law, University of Vienna
• 2008: Master's degree in Political Science and English, University of Vienna
• 01-06/1998: Participation in the Erasmus student exchange programme at the University of Huddersfield, UK

Work experience

• 12/2001-04/2002 and 01-04/2003: Court trainee at the Higher Regional Court Vienna
• 05-11/2002: Seminar Coordinator at the Austrian Red Cross/ACCORD (Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation)
• 10/2000-01/2001 and 05-07/2001: Workshop assistant at the Austrian Research Foundation for Development Aid (ÖFSE)/ACCORD
• 1997-2003: Library Assistant at the Department of Political Science, University of Vienna
  

Curriculum Vitae

Key competences

• Research, consulting and training in the areas of prohibition and prevention of torture and ill-treatment and the rights of detainees
• Monitoring of places of detention, including experience in conducting interviews with victims of human rights violations
• Management of a torture prevention project assisting governments and civil society in the implementation recommendations of the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture
• Preparation of reports to the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly as well as UN mission reports
• Research and field experience in the area of minority rights and refugee law
• Teaching experience on human rights

Professional record

• Project Officer and Researcher, Team ‘Human Dignity and Public Security’, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights, Vienna, Austria
• Legal Researcher; Assistant of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture (2009-2010); Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights, Vienna, Austria
• Chairperson of the Jus Humanis International Human Rights Network, Lund, Sweden
• Internship at the UNHCR Berlin, Legal Protection Unit
• Independent researcher at the human rights NGO Rencontre Africaine pour la Défense des Droits de l'Homme (RADDHO) in Dakar, Senegal
• Human rights observations and -investigations in endangered indigenous communities in Chiapas, Mexico (Center for Human Rights Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas, CAPISE)
• Internship at the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), Accra, Ghana

Education

• Master in International Human Rights Law (Raoul Wallenberg Institute/Lund University, Sweden)
• Master of Laws (Humboldt-University of Berlin, Sorbonne University - Paris 1)

Publications

• Pretrial Detainees and Torture: Why Pretrial Detainees Face the Greatest Risk, Open Society Foundations (together with Julia Kozma, Roland Schmidt, Zoe Oliver Watts, Debra Lang and Elina Steinerte, 2011)
• Nowak/Birk/Crittin - ‘The Obama Administration and Obligations Under the Convention Against Torture’, Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems, a Journal of the University of Iowa College of Law, Volume 20, Number 1, Spring 2011, pp. 33-66
• Nowak/Birk/Crittin/Kozma - ‘Looking Older than the Commission: The UN Human Rights Council in Need of a Facelift’, European Yearbook on Human Rights 2011, European Academic Press, 2011
• UNODC/Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights, ‘Human Rights and HIV - Training manual on HIV and human rights for HIV experts of the UNODC’ – to be published
• Assistance to the publications of the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture

Curriculum Vitae

Key competences

• Academic/legal and socio-economic human rights research with a focus on anti-discrimination, diversity and equality issues, human rights and business, access to justice
• Profound knowledge and experience in the fields of policy analysis and assessment in the field of anti-discrimination
• Expert on diversity management andstrategic implementation of positive measures on the way to equal opportunities
• Development of training designs for different target groups as well as for different topics (awareness raising, legal framework, multicultural competence, conflict resolution) within the field of human rights education.
• Capacity Building in the field of Human Rights, Anti-Discrimination and Citizenship Education for teachers, NGO employees, students, social workers, lawyers, administrative authorities etc.

Professional record

• Legal and socio-economic researcher at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights, Head of Team Anti-Discrimination, Diversity and Asylum
• Independent Consultant on issues of Human Rights, Human Rights Education, Anti-Discrimination, Diversity Management, Human Rights and Business, Intercultural Competence, Conflict Resolution and Education for Democracy
• Short term expert in various European projects: human rights, anti-discrimination, access to justice and civil society
• Lector for Civic Education and equality/diversity, University of Vienna, management of diversity and business and human rights, University of Applied Sciences of the bfi Vienna, anti-discrimination, Danube University Krems
• Executive Director and Project Manager, ZARA – Zivilcourage und Anti-Rassismus-Arbeit (2002-2006)
• Service Centre for Human Rights Education and Civic Education, Boltzmann Institute for Human Rights (2000-2002)
• Coordinator of the Network of Austrian Human Rights NGOs (1999-2000)
• Legal Counsellor on Anti-Racism, Helping Hands (1999)

Education

• Mag.a iuris, Studies of Law: Vienna University, Law Faculty, Universidad de Complutense, Madrid, Law Faculty
• Mag.a Phil, Political Science, Vienna University
• Mediator, Mediation and Conflict Resolution: Institute of interdisciplinary Conflict Resolution and mediation

Memberships in professional bodies/networks

• Vice President of the Litigation Association of NGOs against Racism
• Member of the monitoring body for the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Vienna
• Member of the Human Rights Advisory Board to the Austrian Ombudsman Board (2012 - 2014)
• Founding board member of ZARA – Zivilcourage und Anti-Rassismus-Arbeit (1999 - 2013)
• National and Senior expert of the network of socio-economic experts on anti-discrimination of the EC (2009 - 2012)

Publications

2014 The Charter of Fundamental Rights as a Living Instrument – Manual. Bojarksi/Schindlauer/Wladasch (ed.), Rome-Warsaw-Vienna. http://cfreu.humanrights.at/

2013 TAIEX: Peer assessment report on the situation of LGBTI people in Albania, July 2013.

2013 TAIEX: Peer assessment report on anti-discrimination – Montenegro, May 2013.

2013 Report: The cooperation between the Office of the Croatian People’s Ombudsman and national NGOs. Gaps and needs analysis and recommendations (with Dieter Schindlauer) for the TWINNING project ‘Establishing a comprehensive system for anti-discrimination protection in Croatia’ Zagreb.

2012 Network of Socio-Economic Experts in the Non-Discrimination Field (SEN): Country Report 2/2012. Discrimination on grounds of religion and belief. Austria.

2012 Equality and Non-Discrimination. In: Manfred Nowak / Karolina M. Januszewski / Tina Hofstätter (ed.) All Human Rights for All. Vienna Manual on Human Rights. Wien: Neuer Wissenschaftlicher Verlag.

2012 Manual on the Intervenor Role and Associational Action (with Dieter Schindlauer) for the TWINNING project ‘Establishing a comprehensive system for anti-discrimination protection in Croatia’ Zagreb.

2012 Manual on Mediation in Discrimination Cases (with Ulrike Salinger) for the TWINNING project ‘Establishing a comprehensive system for anti-discrimination protection in Croatia’ Zagreb.

2012 Training Needs Analysis on Anti-Discrimination for judges, state attorneys and selected civil servants in Croatia, for the TWINNING project ‘Establishing a comprehensive system for anti-discrimination protection in Croatia’ Zagreb.

2012 Network of Socio-Economic Experts in the Non-Discrimination Field (SEN): Country Report 1/2012. Links between Public Authorities at the Different Levels of Governance. Austria.

2012 Diversity Management als wirtschaftlicher Mehrwert. Hill Management Mailer 01/2012. http://www.hill-international.com/Diversity-Management-als-wirtschaftlic...

2012 Diversität als gesamtgesellschaftliche Herausforderung. Essay für Dossier Diversity, Furche 09/2012. S.21.

2011 Ethnische Zugehörigkeit und Religion. Studie zur Diskussion über eine begriffliche Abrenzung. (gem. mit Bernhard Perchinig), unveröffentlicht.

2011 Network of Socio-Economic Experts in the Non-Discrimination Field (SEN): Synthesis report 2010 part I on the situation of LGBT groups http://ec.europa.eu/justice/discrimination/files/sen_synthesisreport2010... and part II on ethnic minorities, migrants and employment http://ec.europa.eu/justice/discrimination/files/sen_synthesisreport2010...

2011 Study on Equality Bodies set up under Directives 2000/43/EC, 2004/113/EC and 2006/54/EC. http://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=6454&langId=en

2010 Vielfalt und Chancengleichheit im Betrieb – Ein Leitfaden für den Umgang mit Vielfalt und das Herstellen von Chancengleichheit in österreichischen Unternehmen. (mit Barbara Liegl) Wien: facultas. http://bim.lbg.ac.at/sites/files/bim/Chancengleichheit/index.html

2010 Chancengleichheit für alle – Einsatzmöglichkeiten von Positiven Maßnahmen auf gesamtgesellschaftlicher Ebene. DOSSIER Positive Maßnahmen – Von Antidiskriminierung zu Diversity. Website Migration-Integration-Diversity (MID) der Heinrich Böll Stiftung. http://migration-boell.de/web/diversity/48_2608.asp

2010 Toolkit. The implementation of Anti-discriminatory Measures and Diversity Management for employers from private, public and civil sector in Croatia http://www.hzz.hr/default.aspx?id=6791

2010 Network of Socio-Economic Experts in the Non-Discrimination Field (SEN). Synthesis Report 2009. http://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=4850&langId=en

2009 Positive Maßnahmen – Ein Handbuch zur praxistauglichem Umsetzung von Maßnahmen zur Bekämpfung von strukturellen Diskriminierungen und zur Herstellung von mehr Chancengleichheit (with Barbara Liegl), Wien: facultas. http://bim.lbg.ac.at/sites/files/bim/PositiveMassnahmenDownload.pdf

2009 International perspectives on positive action measures (with Prof. Uduak Archibong, Aliya Darr, Dr. Jite Eferakorho, Andy Scally, Prof Karl Atkin, Prof. Carol Baxter, Mark R. D. Johnson, Mark Bell, Lisa Waddington, Tara Bedard, Prof Oluyinka Adejumo, Prof. Phyllis Sharps, Dr. Pat Bradshaw), Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. http://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=2723&langId=en

2009 Methodological Challenges of Researching Positive Action Measures (with Prof. Uduak Archibong, Aliya Darr, Dr. Jite Eferakorho, Andy Scally, Prof Karl Atkin, Prof. Carol Baxter, Mark R. D. Johnson, Mark Bell, Lisa Waddington, Tara Bedard, Prof Oluyinka Adejumo, Prof. Phyllis Sharps, Dr. Pat Bradshaw). In: The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations, Volume 9, Number 5.

2009 Perceptions of the Impact of Positive Action in EU and non-EU Countries (with Prof. Uduak Archibong, Aliya Darr, Dr. Jite Eferakorho, Andy Scally, Prof Karl Atkin, Prof. Carol Baxter, Mark R. D. Johnson, Mark Bell, Lisa Waddington, Tara Bedard, Prof Oluyinka Adejumo, Prof. Phyllis Sharps, Dr. Pat Bradshaw). In: The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations, Volume 9, Number 5.

2009 Network of Socio-Economic Experts in the Non-Discrimination Field. Country Report 1 and 2, Austria 2009 (unpublished).

2009 Thematic Study – Housing Conditions of Roma and Travellers (with Marta Hodasz and Barbara Liegl), RAXEN National Focal Point for Austria, Report for he Fundamental Rights Agency, http://fra.europa.eu/fraWebsite/attachments/RAXEN-Roma%20Housing-Austria...

2009 Thematic legal study on the impact of the Race Equality Directive in Austria, Report for the Fundamental Rights Agency. (unpublished)

2009 Diversity in Schools. Challenges for educational systems in the field of converging interests of protection of minorities and anti-discrimination (with Margit Ammer and Katharina Köhler), In: Europa Ethica. Minderheitenschutz und Erziehungswesen, Schwerpunkt “Minderheiten und Bildung”, 65.Jg,1/2 2009. Verlag Wilhelm Braumüller, Wien 2009.

2008 Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights, Litigation Association of NGOs against discrimination, ZARA: Comments on ECRI (2004) Third report on Austria. Vienna 2008. http://www.zara.or.at/_wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ecri_recom_kommenta...

2008 Religionsfreiheit im Kampf der Kulturen (with Margit Ammer and Barbara Liegl) In: Deutsches Institut für Menschenrechte et al (Hrsg.)Jahrbuch Menschenrechte 2009, Verlag Böhlau, Wien. ISBN-10: 3205781902.

2008 Reflexive Governance in the Public Interest – Anti-Discrimination (with Barbara Liegl and Marta Hodasz), Working Paper RefGov–Fr–24. European Framework Programme 6 Integrated Project. http://refgov.cpdr.ucl.ac.be/?go=download&type=pub&code=0940d7315f8b73dc...

2008 Know Your Rights. Was tun gegen Diskriminierung in Arbeitswelt, Ausbildung und Freizeit? Broschüre für Jugendliche. (with Karin Bischof and Wolfgang Zimmer), ZARA-Zivilcourage und Anti-Rassimus-Arbeit(ed.) http://www.zara.or.at/_doc/2008/know_your_rights.pdf

2008 Der Rassismus Report als Bildungsmaterial. Wie kann ich den Rassismus Report im Unterricht verwenden. In Rassismus Report 2007. Hrsg. Von ZARA-Zivilcourage und Anti-Rassimus-Arbeit. Wien. S.73f. http://www.zara.or.at/materialien/rassismus-report/Rassismus-Report%2020...

2007 Rassismus, Diskriminierung & Zivilcourage. Didaktische Handreichung für PädagogInnen zur Vorbereitung und begleitenden Unterstützung des Projektes “38/08”. gem. Mit Verena Krausneker, erstellt für “A Letter to the Stars"http://www.lettertothestars.at/uploads/DidaktischeHandreichung.pdf

2007 Wieviel Gleichheit braucht die Vielfalt. In: Michael Rosecker/Bernhard Müller(Hrsg.): Gleichheit.Fragen der Identität, Ähnlichkeit, Vielfalt und Differenz. Verein Alltag Verlag. Wiener Neustadt.

2007 Racism towards children and young people in Europe – and how to overcome. In: Carol Bellamy/Jean Zermatten(Hrsg.) Swiss Human Rights Book/Vol.2: Realizing the Rights of the Child. rüffer&rub Sachbuchverlag. Zürich.

2007 Report on the Development of Strategies for the Hungarian Equal Treatment Authority (gem. Mit Barbara Cohen und Dieter Schindlauer) http://www.egyenlobanasmod.hu/data/Strategies_report_final_edited.pdf

2007 Die eigenen Rechte kennen. (gem. mit Wolfgang Zimmer) In: Rassismus Report 2006. Hrsg. Von ZARA-Zivilcourage und Anti-Rassimus-Arbeit. Wien. S.23ff http://www.zara.or.at/materialien/rassismus-report/rassismus-report-2006...

2006 Anti-Discrimination and Diversity Training – needs, gaps and challenges. Background Paper for the Annual Conference of the Community Action Programme. Warsaw 24-25 April 2006. http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/fundamental_rights/pdf/events/wz/w...

2006 International Protection of Human Rights within the Framework of the European Unions External Relations. E-Learning Module for International Master Programme on Human Rights and Conflict Resolution.

2005 Zahlt sich Rassismus in der Wirtschaft aus? In: Rassismus Report 2004. Hrsg. von ZARA – Verein für Zivilcourage und Anti-Rassimus-Arbeit. Wien. S.50. http://www.zara.or.at/materialien/rassismus-report/rassismus-report-2004...

2005 Rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen gegen Rassismus. In: Rassismus Report 2004. Hrsg. von ZARA–Verein für Zivilcourage und Anti-Rassimus-Arbeit. Wien. S.58ff. http://www.zara.or.at/materialien/rassismus-report/rassismus-report-2004...

2005 Ängste abbauen, Religionsfreiheit achten. Argumente zum Thema: Sollen Lehrerinnen an öffentlichen Schulen ein Kopftuch tragen dürfen?. In: Servicestelle Menschenrechtsbildung (Hg.) Teaching Human Rights. März 2005/21.S. 17f.

2005 „Maßnahmen.“ gem. m. Abulesz, Eva/ Böhm, Jasmine/ Frey, Volker/ Kloimüller, Irene. In: EQUAL- Entwicklungspartnerschaft „Gleiche Chancen im Betrieb“ (Hg.). Gleiche Chancen im Betrieb. Das Handbuch zur Gleichstellung von MigrantInnen. Wien: 117 - 156. http://www.gleichechancen.at/manual/equal_manual/

2004 e-learning-tool “Anti-Diskriminierungstrainings-Training”. gem. mit Jasmine Böhm. http://www.gleiche-chancen.at/

2004 Böhm, Jasmine/ Frey, Volker/ Schindlauer, Dieter/ Wladasch, Katrin Manual for Trainers – Workshop to Counteract Discrimination. Warsaw.

2004 Die Umsetzung der europäischen Anti-Diskriminierungsvorgaben in Österreich. Die Gesetzeskeule im Kampf gegen Diskriminierungen – bringt das überhaupt was? In: Rassismus Report 2003. Hrsg. von ZARA – Verein für Zivilcourage und Anti-Rassimus-Arbeit. Wien. S. 57. http://www.zara.or.at/materialien/rassismus-report/rassismus-report-2003...

2004 Manche sind ganz einfach gleicher. Was sich durch die neue Gleichbehandlungsgesetzgebung ändert und was nicht. In: Glocalist Review, 13.09.2004.

2004 Das neue Gleichbehandlungsgesetz – eine Halbjahresbestandsaufnahme. In: Stimme von und für Minderheiten.N 53/Winter 2004. Hrsg.: Initiative Minderheiten. Innsbruck. http://www.minderheiten.at/stimme/stimme53b.htm

2003 Diskriminierungsschutz – Die Rechtslage in Österreich. In: Rassismus Report 2002. Hrsg. von ZARA – Verein für Zivilcourage und Anti-Rassismus-Arbeit. Wien. http://www.zara.or.at/materialien/rassismus-report/rassismus-report-2002...

2003 Zivilcourage als StaatsbürgerInnenpflicht? Eine rechtstheoretische Perspektive. In: Rassismus Report 2002.Hrsg. von ZARA – Verein für Zivilcourage und Anti-Rassismus-Arbeit. Wien.

2003 Nur Inländer, die genug österreichisch sind, bitte! Gem. mit Barbara Weber. In: Die Bunte Zeitung Nr. 3/Juli/August 2003. Hrsg.: Verein “Die Bunten” Wien.

2003 Seit 19. Juli ist Diskriminierung verboten. Über Gesetzesentwürfe und gesellschaftliche Realitäten. In: Falter 22.-28.August 2003.

2003 Nur Menschen zweiter Klasse. Gem. mit Eva M. Bachinger. In: Kompetenz 9/2003. Hrsg.: ÖGB/GPA. Wien. S. 24f.

2002 “Politische Bildung an Österreichischen Schulen” in Planet. Zeitung für Politische Ökologie Nr. 25/Juni 2002. Hrsg. Grüne Bildungswerkstatt Wien.

2000 “A World of Difference” in: Beiträge zur historischen Sozialkunde 4/2000. Rechtspopulismus und Rechtsextremismus. Hrsg.: Verein für Geschichte und Sozialkunde c/o Institut für Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte, Universität Wien.

Curriculum Vitae

Key competences

• Academic research on anti-discrimination, racism, migration and integration
• Conceptualising and drafting proposals for calls launched by the European Union
• Experienced in work with multi-disciplinary teams (jurists, linguists, cultural anthropologists, sociologists, psychologist)
• Evaluation of projects and organisations/companies especially with regard to equal opportunities and anti-discrimination
• Consultant for equality bodies and human rights institutions in the area of anti-discrimination (strategy, structure, organisational development)
• Lectures, trainings and presentations on a broad range of anti-discrimination issues in Austria and abroad
• National and international publications
• Team building and management skills

Professional record

• Twinning adviser on anti-discrimination and human rights in Belgrade (2015-)
• Senior researcher and team leader of the asylum, anti-discrimination and diversity team at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights
• Director of the RAXEN Focal Point for Austria contractor to the European Union Agency of Fundamental Rights
• CEO of the Vienna based NGO ZARA – Zivilcourage und Anti-Rassismus Arbeit
• Researcher at the Department of Education and Human Development, University of Vienna, with a focus on Roma
• Consultations for anti-discrimination audits
• Member of the board of the Sir Peter Ustinov Institute for Research on and Combatting of Prejudices
• Member of the board of the Vienna based umbrella NGO Network Social Responsibility
• Member of the Working Group “European Diversity Management” at the Austrian Standards Institute
• Short term expert in Anti-Discrimination Twinning Projects in Hungary, Slovenia, Poland and Kosovo
• Evaluation of anti-discrimination projects at regional and national level as well as international human rights projects.
• Resident Twinning Adviser of the Croatian equality body (Office of the Ombudsman)
• Independent expert on anti-discrimination on behalf of the EU Commission in the framework of TAIEX in Croatia, Ukraine and Albania

Education

• Postgraduate in Political Science at the Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS), Vienna
• Major in Political Science and Anglistics at the University of Vienna
• One year stay in the USA as an exchange student – Chatard High School in Indianapolis, Indiana

Membership in professional bodies/networks

• Austrian Society for Political Science

Publications

• Liegl, Barbara (2016) Legal Protection against Discrimination in South East Europe - Synthesis Report, in: Center for South Eastern Law Schools (SEELS) (ed.) Legal Protection against Discrimination in South East Europe - Regional Study, Skopje, 13-75.
• Buchinger, Kerstin/Barbara Liegl/Astrid Steinkellner (2013) European human rights case law and the rights of homosexuals, foreigners and immigrants in Austria, in: Anagnostou, Dia (ed.) The European Court of Human Rights: Implementing Strasbourg’s Judgments on Domestic Policies, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 97-121.
• Liegl, Barbara (2012) European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), in: Nowak, Manfred/Karolina M. Januszewski/Tina Hofstätter (eds.) All Human Rights for All: Vienna Manual on Human Rights, Neuer Wissenschaftlicher Verlag, Vienna, 138-144.
• Terlouw, Ashley/Liegl, Barbara/Wladasch, Katrin/Crowley, Niall (2011) Access to justice – a sociological study on cases of discrimination in the EU – FRA D/SE/10/05. Final Report. Human European Consultancy in co-operation with the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights, Utrecht and Vienna. 2011. This report is the basis for: Access to justice in cases of discrimination in the EU - Steps to further equality. Edited by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, Vienna, 2012.
• Liegl, Barbara/Georg Spitaler (2011) Duell der Legionäre – Helden des Wiener Derbies aus dem Ausland, in: Schütz, Edgar/ Domenico Jacono/Matthias Marschik (eds.) Alles Derby! 100 Jahre Rapid gegen Austria, Verlag die Werkstatt, Göttingen.
• Liegl, Barbara (2011) Rechtliche Mindeststandards als Grundlage für Diversity Management, in: Pauser, Norbert/Manfred Wondrak (eds.): Praxisbuch Diversity Management, Facultas, Wien, 59-77.
• Ammer, Margit/Niall Crowley/Barbara Liegl/Elisabeth Holzleithner/Katrin Wladasch/ Kutsal Yesilkagit (2010): Study on Equality Bodies set up under Directives 2000/43/EC, 2004/113/EC and 2006/54/EC, Synthesis Report.
• Liegl, Barbara (2010) Anti-Rassismus in der gesellschaftlichen und politischen Praxis, in: Sir Peter Ustinov Institut (ed.) „Rasse“ – ein soziale und politische Konstruktion, Braumüller, Wien, 149-16, Liegl, Barbara (2010) (Anti-)Rassismus in der Krise(?), in: Oberlechner, Manfred et al. (ed.) Integration, Rassismen und Weltwirtschaftskrise, Sociologica, Band 14, Wien, 347-365.
• Liegl, Barbara/Astrid Steinkellner/Hannes Tretter (2010) Grundsatzpapier – Die Rolle des Europäischen Gerichtshofes für Menschenrechte in Österreich: Empfehlungen zur Förderung der innerstaatlichen Wirkung seiner Urteile, mit Unterstützung von Kerstin Buchinger und Verena Neisser.
• Liegl, Barbara/Sonja Fercher (2010) Zehn Jahre Anti-Rassismus-Arbeit – Vergebene Chance oder doch zwei Schritte vorwärts und einer zurück?, in: SWS Rundschau 1/2010, 127-143.
• Luciak, Mikael/Barbara Liegl (2010) Fostering Roma students’ educational inclusion – a missing part in teacher education, in: Intercultural Education, 497-509.
• Buchinger, Kerstin/Barbara Liegl/Astrid Steinkellner (2009) Protecting Individuals from Vulnerable Groups and Minorities in the ECtHR: Litigation and Jurisprudence in Austria, in: Dia Anagnostou/Evangelia Psychogiopoulou (eds.) The European Court of Human Rights and the Rights of Marginalised Individuals and Minorities in National Context, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Leiden, Boston, 27-50.
• Liegl, Barbara (2009) Menschenrechte und ethnische Minderheiten in Österreich, in: Bettina Gruber/Daniela Rippitsch/Werner Wintersteiner (eds.) Jahrbuch Friedenskultur 2009, Drava, Klagenfurt, 234-250.
• Buchinger, Kerstin/Barbara Liegl/Astrid Steinkellner (2009) Protecting Individuals from Vulnerable Groups and Minorities in the ECtHR: Litigation and Jurisprudence in Austria, in: Dia Anagnostou/Evangelia Psychogiopoulou  (eds.)The European Court of Human Rights and the Rights of Marginalised Individuals and Minorities in National Context, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Leiden, Boston, 27-50.
• Wladasch, Katrin/Barbara Liegl (2009) Positive Maßnahmen – Ein Handbuch zur praxistauglichen Umsetzung von Maßnahmen zur Bekämpfung von strukturellen Diskriminierungen und zur Herstellung von mehr Chancengleichheit, Wien.
• Hodasz, Marta/Katharina Köhler/Barbara Liegl (2009) Vielfalt. Respekt. Recht. Informationsbroschüre zum Thema Diskriminierungsschutz, Bundeskanzleramt Österreich, Gleichbehandlungsanwaltschaft, bei der Bundesministerin für Frauen und Öffentlichen Dienst, Wien.
• Liegl, Barbara (2009) Muslime und Musliminnen in Österreich: zwischen Integration, Islamfeindlichkeit und Stärkung der eigenen Identitäten, in: Haedrich, Martina (ed.) Muslime im säkularen Staat: Eine Untersuchung anhand von Deutschland und Österreich, Tagungsband eines wissenschaftlichen Symposiums an der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena am 16. und 17. Mai 2008, Jenaer Schriften zum Recht 38, Richard Booberg Verlag, Stuttgart/München/Hannover/Ber lin/Weimar, Dresden, 23-32.
• Liegl, Barbara/Georg Spitaler (2009) Zwischen Transnationalität und Identitätspolitik: Österreichische Migrationsregimes und der Profifußball (1945–2008), in: SWS Rundschau 2/2009, 234-255.
• Hodasz, Marta/Katharina Köhler/Barbara Liegl (2009) Indicators and Monitoring Systems as Preventive Tools in the Area of Ethnic and Religious Discrimination, in: Julia Kozma/Manfred Nowak/Roland Schmidt (eds.): Indicators and Monitoring Systems in External Policy-Making of the EU, Studienreihe des Ludwig Boltzmann Instituts für Menschenrechte (Band 18), Neuer Wissenschaftlicher Verlag, Wien, 83-98.
• Ammer, Margit/Barbara Liegl/Katrin Wladasch (2008) Religionsfreiheit im Kampf der Kulturen, in: Heiner Bielefeld/Volkmar Deile/Brigitte Hamm/Franz-Josef Hutter/Sabine Kurtenbach/Barbara Lochbihler/Carsten Tessmer/Hannes Tretter (eds.) Religionsfreiheit und Menschenrechte, Jahrbuch Menschenrechte 2009, Wien, Böhlau, 195-208.
• Bischof, Karin/Barbara Liegl (2008): Integration in kleineren Gemeinden als Spiegel der Arbeitsmarktdynamiken Ausfallshaftung Zivilgesellschaft in: Bettina Leibetseder/Josef Weidenholzer (eds.) Integration ist gestaltbar: Strategien erfolgreicher Integrationspolitiken in Städten und Regionen, Sociologica, Band 13, Wien.
• Liegl, Barbara/Georg Spitaler (2008): »Legionäre« am Ball. Transnationalität und Identitätspolitik im österreichischen Profifußball, in: Samo Kobenter/Peter Plener (eds.) Seitenwechsel: Geschichten vom Fußball, Bohmann Verlag, Wien, 41-52.
• Angerler, Eva/Barbara Liegl (2008): CSR and corporate governance in Austria, in: transfer, Vol 14 No 1, Spring 2008, 77-92.
• Liegl, Barbara/Georg Spitaler (2008): Legionäre am Ball: Migration im österreichischen Fußball nach 1945, Braumüller, Wien.
• Liegl, Barbara (2008): Wie viel Rassismus darf es denn sein?, in: ZARA (2008): Rassismus Report 2007, 11-12.
• Bischof, Karin/Brigitte Halbmayr/Kerstin Lercher/Barbara Liegl (2007): Integration in Niederösterreich – Beobachtungen zur Entstehung eines neuen Politikfeldes im kommunalen Kontext und empirische Befunde – Entstehungsbedingungen, Problemlagen und Modelle, in: Heinz Fassmann (ed.) 2. Österreichischer Migrations- und Integrationsbericht: 2001-2006, Drava Verlag, Klagenfurt/Celovec, 351-356.
• Bischof, Karin/Brigitte Halbmayr/Barbara Liegl/Kerstin Lercher (2007): Integration als kommunales Politikfeld – Entstehungsbedingungen, Problemlagen und Modelle, in: SWS Rundschau 2/2007, 164-185.
• Reindl, Susanne/Katharina Köhler/Barbara Liegl (2006): Report of Working Groups 3 and 4: Freedom of expression including hate speech and criminal repression and Racism and Xenophobia in the media and on internet, in: Bundesministerium für Justiz (ed.) Seminar on Racism and Xenophobia: Palace of Justice, Vienna, 20-22 June 2006, Schriftenreihe des Bundesministerium für Justiz – Band 128, Neuer Wissenschaftlicher Verlag, Wien, 75-77.
• Liegl, Barbara (2006): Die SPÖ, in: Emmerich Tálos (ed.): Schwarz – Blau: Eine Bilanz des „Neu Regierens“, LIT Verlag, Wien, 38-52.
• Liegl, Barbara/Helga Amesberger/Brigitte Halbmayr (2006): Migration Policy in the Health Sector, in: IOM, Second Small Scale Study II: Managed Migration and the Labour market – the health sector - Austrian Report, 13-16.
• Liegl, Barbara (2005): Kleinparteien, in: Herbert Dachs/Peter Gerlich/Herbert Gottweis/Helmut Kramer/Volkmar Lauber/Wolfgang C. Müller/Emmerich Tálos (eds.): Politik in Österreich: Das Handbuch, Wien, 402-411.
• Bali, Susi/Theresia Gabriel/Barbara Liegl/Irene Kloimüller (2004): Standortbestimmung, in: EQUAL-Entwicklungspartnerschaft "Gleiche Chancen im Betrieb" (ed.): Gleiche Chancen im Betrieb: Das Handbuch zur Gleichstellung von MigrantInnen, Wien, 81-98.
• Liegl, Barbara/Bernhard Perchinig/Birgit Weyss (2004): Prawne i instytucjonalne aspekty przeciwdzia³ania dyskriminacji w Polsce, Warsaw.
• Liegl, Barbara/Bernhard Perchinig/Birgit Weyss (2004): Combating Religious and Ethnic Discrimination in Employment, edited by the European Network Against Racism.
• Liegl, Barbara/Anton Pelinka (2004): Chronos und Ödipus: Der Kreisky-Androsch-Konflikt, Wien.
• Bauböck, Rainer/Barbara Liegl (2000). Wahlrecht für AusländerInnen, in: Forum Politische Bildung (ed.): Informationen zur Politischen Bildung, Nr. 17, 80-81.

Curriculum Vitae

Key competences

• Finances and human resources
• Steering of structural and development processes
• Organisation, co-ordination and internal communication
• Editing of publications

Professional record

• Project development at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights, Vienna
• Lecturer at the Media Management Department of the University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten
• National co-ordination of the Grundtvig project “Inter.Media – Intercultural Learning for Non-commercial Media in Europe”
• Freelance project development and co-ordination
• Office co-ordination for Attac Austria, Vienna
• Co-ordination of the AMARC Europe Women’s Network (World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters); project management in the area of anti-racism; general management of the AMARC Europe offices in Sheffield, Berlin, Budapest and Vienna, Sheffield/UK, Wien
• Programme co-ordination at Orange 94.0 – the free radio in Vienna
• Chairperson of the association “Freies Radio Wien”
• Activist in the Austrian pirate radio movement, establishment of a community radio for Vienna, involved in media policy related activities in Austria and on European level

Education

• Studies of drama history and philosophy at the University of Vienna, MPhil

Membership in networks

• Representative of the BIM in the Fundamental Rights Platform of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency
• European network of communication staff of National (and other) Human Rights Institutes
• Member of the editors’ association of Orange 94.0 – the free radio in vienna

Publications

• The Role of Human Rights Institutes – The Example of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights. In: All Human Rights for All. Vienna Manual on Human Rights. Hg.: Manfred Nowak, Karolina Januszewski und Tina Hofstätter. Wien, Graz [u.a.]: nwv [u.a.], 2012, S. 300-303
• Co-editor of the BIM Study Series together with Manfred Nowak and Hannes Tretter since 2008
• Wer spricht. Interkulturelle Arbeit und Mehrsprachigkeit im Kontext Freier Medien. Klagenfurt/Celovec: Drava, 2006. Co-edited with Helmut Peissl and Katja Weiss
• Multilingual and intercultural radio. Trainings module. In: Bildungszentrum BürgerMedien (Hg.): Intercultural Media Training in Europe. Handbook for trainers, staff and editors. kopaed: München, 2006, S. 49-81. Together with Adriane Borger, Frank Hagen, Sandra Hochholzer, Antje Schwarzmeier
• FM@dia Forum '04. Connecting Free Media in Central/Eastern Europe and Beyond. Conference Report. Oktober 2004
• Konzept der Synergien des Offenen Fernsehkanals Wien. Studie im Auftrag des Presse- und Informationsdienstes der Stadt Wien. Together with Alf Altendorf, Christian Berger, Herbert Depner, Barbara Eppensteiner, Andreas Ramstorfer, Thomas Thurner. Wien, 2002
• "...wo Menschen befreit sind vom Zwang, in einer Minute dreißig die Welt ohne Widersprüche zu erklären..."Über Aneignungsprozesse und Brüche in Freien Medien. In: Brüchert, Oliver/Resch, Christine (Hg.): Zwischen Herrschaft und Befreiung. Kulturelle, politische und wissenschaftliche Strategien. Münster: Westfälisches Dampfboot, 2002, S. 222-229
• Women Online. Training Materials on how to use the Internet for women working in community radio stations. Together with Anna Alonso. Sheffield, 2001
• vielfältig.frech.feministisch. CD-Booklet und Dokumentation "FM FEM Connected. Netzwerk der Frauenredaktionen in Österreichs Freien Radios". November 2000
• Die eigene Stimme erheben. Migrantinnen im Freien Radio. In: Frauensolidarität. Nr. 73 (3/2000), S.33f
• Rôle des Mèdias. Konferenzbeitrag. In: Commission Nationale Consultative des Droits de l’Homme: Contre le racisme. Un combat au quotidien. Actes du colloque des 6 et 7 Juillet 2000. La Documentation française: Paris, 2000, S. 95-98
• Arbeiten am öffentlichen Raum. Artikulation und Partizipation im Freien Radio. In: sektor3/kultur. Widerstand, Kulturarbeit, Zivilgesellschaft. Wien: IG Kultur, 2000, S. 63-70
• Reflexive Menschenverachtung: die Wienerische Variante von Herrschaftskritik. Der Herr Karl – ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter. Gemeinsam mit Heinz Steinert. In: Sieder, Reinhard/Steinert, Heinz/Talos, Emmerich (Hg.): Österreich 1945 – 1995. Gesellschaft – Politik – Kultur. Wien: Verlag für Gesellschaftskritik, 1995, S. 236-249
• Lokalradio. Meinungen – Materialien. Wien: Edition Freies Radio Wien, 1995 Co-edited with Andrea Danmayr and Birgit Schrentewein

Further articles on media policy related topics.

Curriculum Vitae

Key competences

• Academic research on human rights & business, women’s rights, and development cooperation
• Lectures, trainings and presentations on these topics for various target groups (NGOs, students, companies, international organisations)
• Conceptualising and drafting of project proposals
• Experience with multi-disciplinary teams and international environments
• Team building and management skills

Professional record

• Senior researcher (since 2001), Head of Department "Human Rights in Development Cooperation and Business" (since 2008), Head of Department "Social Justice" (since 2016) at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights
• Member of the European Committee of Social Rights, Council of Europe
• Consultant for UNDP, BMeiA, Austrian Development Agency, OMV, etc
• Member of the Corporate Social Responsibility Expert Committee at the Austrian Standards Institute
• Gender Consultant for the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), World Bank Group (2001)
• Research Assistant on International Law at the Washington College of Law, American University (2000-2001)

Education

• LL.M. Gender and the Law (Washington College of Law, American University)
• E.MA Human Rights and Democratisation
• Legal studies at the University of Vienna

Selected Publications

• Karin Lukas, The Inspection Panel of the World Bank. An Effective Extrajudicial Complaint Mechanism? World Bank Legal Review, Volume 6, pp. 531-544, 2015
• Karin Lukas, Access to Justice through Company Complaint Mechanisms?, pp. 323-346, in: J. Letnar Černič and T. Van Ho, Direct Human Rights Obligations of Corporations, The Hague, Wolf Legal Publishers, 2015
• Karin Lukas, Local Governance, 191-200, in: Nowak/Werther-Pietsch, All Human Rights for All. Vienna Guidebook on Peaceful and Inclusive Societies,  nwv/Intersentia 2014
• Karin Lukas, The Collective Complaints Procedure of the European Social Charter, Legal Issues of Economic Integration, Vol. 31, Nr. 3, pp. 275-288, Kluwer Law Online (2014)
• Karin Lukas, Soziale Rechte auf dem Prüfstand, Jahrbuch Menschenrechte, Böhlau Verlag 2013 
• Karin Lukas, Labour Rights and Global Production, Neuer Wissenschaftlicher Verlag 2013
• Karin Lukas, The European Social Charter in the European Monitoring System, 135-137, in: Nowak et al. (ed.), All Human Rights for All. Vienna Manual on Human Rights, nwv/Intersentia 2012
• Karin Lukas, Astrid Steinkellner, Sozialnormen in Nachhaltigkeitskapiteln bilateraler Freihandelsabkommen, in: Hänlein/Scherrer (Hg.), Nachhaltigkeitskapitel in Handelsverträgen. Juristische, ökonomische und politologische Begründungen, Nomos Verlag
• Karin Lukas, Franz-Josef Hutter, Menschenrechte und Wirtschaft, Neuer Wissenschaftlicher Verlag, Wien 2009
• Frauenrechte und Geschlechtergleichstellung, in: Heissl (Hg.), Handbuch Menschenrechte, Facultas WUV 2009
• A Human Rights-Based Approach to Poverty Reduction in Macedonia, in: Salomon et al., Casting the Net Wider: Human Rights, Development and New Duty Bearers, Intersentia 2007
• Menschenrechtliche Verantwortung von Unternehmen, in: Baringhorst et al., Politik mit dem Einkaufswagen. Unternehmen und Konsumenten in der globalen Mediengesellschaft, Verlag transcript, Bielefeld 2007
• Karin Lukas, Maria-Theresia Röhsler, Vorwärts in die Vergangenheit? Die Europäische Union und Corporate Social Responsibility, Jahrbuch Menschenrechte, Suhrkamp, Frankfurt 2007
• Konzernverhalten menschenrechtlich hinterfragt, Sammelband „Sir Karl Popper und die Menschenrechte“, Peter Lang, Europäischer Verlag der Wissenschaften, Wien 2007
• Susanne Feigl, Angelika Kartusch, Karin Lukas, Birgit Weyss. Ihr gutes Recht. Gleichbehandlung und Gleichstellung von Frauen und Männern in der Privatwirtschaft, Wien 2006
• Stefan Hammer, Karin Lukas, Menschenrechte als Schutzansprüche gegenüber wirtschaftlicher Macht, Journal für Rechtspolitik, Wien 03/2005
• Louise Sperl, Karin Lukas, Helmut Sax, Wirtschaftliche, soziale and kulturelle Rechte von AsylwerbertInnen, Verlag Österreich, Wien 2004
• Wirtschaftliche Globalisierung und sozio-ökonomische Menschenrechte – eine Entdeckungsfahrt in: Arnim/Deile/Hutter/Kurtenbach/Tessmer, Jahrbuch Menschenrechte 2003, Suhrkamp Verlag

Curriculum Vitae

Key competences

• Academic research on anti-discrimination, racism, migration and integration
• Conceptualising and drafting proposals for calls launched by the European Union
• Experienced in work with multi-disciplinary teams (jurists, linguists, cultural anthropologists, sociologists, psychologist)
• Evaluation of projects and organisations/companies especially with regard to equal opportunities and anti-discrimination
• Consultant for equality bodies and human rights institutions in the area of anti-discrimination (strategy, structure, organisational development)
• Lectures, trainings and presentations on a broad range of anti-discrimination issues in Austria and abroad
• National and international publications
• Team building and management skills

Professional record

• Senior researcher and Head of Department Asylum, Anti-Discrimination and Diversity at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights
• Resident Twinning Adviser on anti-discrimination and human rights in Belgrade
• Director of the RAXEN Focal Point for Austria contractor to the European Union Agency of Fundamental Rights
• CEO of the Vienna based NGO ZARA – Zivilcourage und Anti-Rassismus Arbeit
• Researcher at the Department of Education and Human Development, University of Vienna, with a focus on Roma
• Consultations for anti-discrimination audits
• Member of the board of the Sir Peter Ustinov Institute for Research on and Combatting of Prejudices
• Member of the board of the Vienna based umbrella NGO Network Social Responsibility
• Member of the Working Group “European Diversity Management” at the Austrian Standards Institute
• Short term expert in Anti-Discrimination Twinning Projects in Hungary, Slovenia, Poland and Kosovo
• Evaluation of anti-discrimination projects at regional and national level as well as international human rights projects.
• Resident Twinning Adviser of the Croatian equality body (Office of the Ombudsman)
• Independent expert on anti-discrimination on behalf of the EU Commission in the framework of TAIEX in Croatia, Ukraine and Albania

Education

• Postgraduate in Political Science at the Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS), Vienna
• Major in Political Science and Anglistics at the University of Vienna
• One year stay in the USA as an exchange student – Chatard High School in Indianapolis, Indiana

Membership in professional bodies/networks

• Austrian Society for Political Science

Publications

• Liegl, Barbara (2016) Legal Protection against Discrimination in South East Europe - Synthesis Report, in: Center for South Eastern Law Schools (SEELS) (ed.) Legal Protection against Discrimination in South East Europe - Regional Study, Skopje, 13-75.
• Buchinger, Kerstin/Barbara Liegl/Astrid Steinkellner (2013) European human rights case law and the rights of homosexuals, foreigners and immigrants in Austria, in: Anagnostou, Dia (ed.) The European Court of Human Rights: Implementing Strasbourg’s Judgments on Domestic Policies, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 97-121.
• Liegl, Barbara (2012) European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), in: Nowak, Manfred/Karolina M. Januszewski/Tina Hofstätter (eds.) All Human Rights for All: Vienna Manual on Human Rights, Neuer Wissenschaftlicher Verlag, Vienna, 138-144.
• Terlouw, Ashley/Liegl, Barbara/Wladasch, Katrin/Crowley, Niall (2011) Access to justice – a sociological study on cases of discrimination in the EU – FRA D/SE/10/05. Final Report. Human European Consultancy in co-operation with the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights, Utrecht and Vienna. 2011. This report is the basis for: Access to justice in cases of discrimination in the EU - Steps to further equality. Edited by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, Vienna, 2012.
• Liegl, Barbara/Georg Spitaler (2011) Duell der Legionäre – Helden des Wiener Derbies aus dem Ausland, in: Schütz, Edgar/ Domenico Jacono/Matthias Marschik (eds.) Alles Derby! 100 Jahre Rapid gegen Austria, Verlag die Werkstatt, Göttingen.
• Liegl, Barbara (2011) Rechtliche Mindeststandards als Grundlage für Diversity Management, in: Pauser, Norbert/Manfred Wondrak (eds.): Praxisbuch Diversity Management, Facultas, Wien, 59-77.
• Ammer, Margit/Niall Crowley/Barbara Liegl/Elisabeth Holzleithner/Katrin Wladasch/ Kutsal Yesilkagit (2010): Study on Equality Bodies set up under Directives 2000/43/EC, 2004/113/EC and 2006/54/EC, Synthesis Report.
• Liegl, Barbara (2010) Anti-Rassismus in der gesellschaftlichen und politischen Praxis, in: Sir Peter Ustinov Institut (ed.) „Rasse“ – ein soziale und politische Konstruktion, Braumüller, Wien, 149-16, Liegl, Barbara (2010) (Anti-)Rassismus in der Krise(?), in: Oberlechner, Manfred et al. (ed.) Integration, Rassismen und Weltwirtschaftskrise, Sociologica, Band 14, Wien, 347-365.
• Liegl, Barbara/Astrid Steinkellner/Hannes Tretter (2010) Grundsatzpapier – Die Rolle des Europäischen Gerichtshofes für Menschenrechte in Österreich: Empfehlungen zur Förderung der innerstaatlichen Wirkung seiner Urteile, mit Unterstützung von Kerstin Buchinger und Verena Neisser.
• Liegl, Barbara/Sonja Fercher (2010) Zehn Jahre Anti-Rassismus-Arbeit – Vergebene Chance oder doch zwei Schritte vorwärts und einer zurück?, in: SWS Rundschau 1/2010, 127-143.
• Luciak, Mikael/Barbara Liegl (2010) Fostering Roma students’ educational inclusion – a missing part in teacher education, in: Intercultural Education, 497-509.
• Buchinger, Kerstin/Barbara Liegl/Astrid Steinkellner (2009) Protecting Individuals from Vulnerable Groups and Minorities in the ECtHR: Litigation and Jurisprudence in Austria, in: Dia Anagnostou/Evangelia Psychogiopoulou (eds.) The European Court of Human Rights and the Rights of Marginalised Individuals and Minorities in National Context, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Leiden, Boston, 27-50.
• Liegl, Barbara (2009) Menschenrechte und ethnische Minderheiten in Österreich, in: Bettina Gruber/Daniela Rippitsch/Werner Wintersteiner (eds.) Jahrbuch Friedenskultur 2009, Drava, Klagenfurt, 234-250.
• Buchinger, Kerstin/Barbara Liegl/Astrid Steinkellner (2009) Protecting Individuals from Vulnerable Groups and Minorities in the ECtHR: Litigation and Jurisprudence in Austria, in: Dia Anagnostou/Evangelia Psychogiopoulou  (eds.)The European Court of Human Rights and the Rights of Marginalised Individuals and Minorities in National Context, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Leiden, Boston, 27-50.
• Wladasch, Katrin/Barbara Liegl (2009) Positive Maßnahmen – Ein Handbuch zur praxistauglichen Umsetzung von Maßnahmen zur Bekämpfung von strukturellen Diskriminierungen und zur Herstellung von mehr Chancengleichheit, Wien.
• Hodasz, Marta/Katharina Köhler/Barbara Liegl (2009) Vielfalt. Respekt. Recht. Informationsbroschüre zum Thema Diskriminierungsschutz, Bundeskanzleramt Österreich, Gleichbehandlungsanwaltschaft, bei der Bundesministerin für Frauen und Öffentlichen Dienst, Wien.
• Liegl, Barbara (2009) Muslime und Musliminnen in Österreich: zwischen Integration, Islamfeindlichkeit und Stärkung der eigenen Identitäten, in: Haedrich, Martina (ed.) Muslime im säkularen Staat: Eine Untersuchung anhand von Deutschland und Österreich, Tagungsband eines wissenschaftlichen Symposiums an der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena am 16. und 17. Mai 2008, Jenaer Schriften zum Recht 38, Richard Booberg Verlag, Stuttgart/München/Hannover/Ber lin/Weimar, Dresden, 23-32.
• Liegl, Barbara/Georg Spitaler (2009) Zwischen Transnationalität und Identitätspolitik: Österreichische Migrationsregimes und der Profifußball (1945–2008), in: SWS Rundschau 2/2009, 234-255.
• Hodasz, Marta/Katharina Köhler/Barbara Liegl (2009) Indicators and Monitoring Systems as Preventive Tools in the Area of Ethnic and Religious Discrimination, in: Julia Kozma/Manfred Nowak/Roland Schmidt (eds.): Indicators and Monitoring Systems in External Policy-Making of the EU, Studienreihe des Ludwig Boltzmann Instituts für Menschenrechte (Band 18), Neuer Wissenschaftlicher Verlag, Wien, 83-98.
• Ammer, Margit/Barbara Liegl/Katrin Wladasch (2008) Religionsfreiheit im Kampf der Kulturen, in: Heiner Bielefeld/Volkmar Deile/Brigitte Hamm/Franz-Josef Hutter/Sabine Kurtenbach/Barbara Lochbihler/Carsten Tessmer/Hannes Tretter (eds.) Religionsfreiheit und Menschenrechte, Jahrbuch Menschenrechte 2009, Wien, Böhlau, 195-208.
• Bischof, Karin/Barbara Liegl (2008): Integration in kleineren Gemeinden als Spiegel der Arbeitsmarktdynamiken Ausfallshaftung Zivilgesellschaft in: Bettina Leibetseder/Josef Weidenholzer (eds.) Integration ist gestaltbar: Strategien erfolgreicher Integrationspolitiken in Städten und Regionen, Sociologica, Band 13, Wien.
• Liegl, Barbara/Georg Spitaler (2008): »Legionäre« am Ball. Transnationalität und Identitätspolitik im österreichischen Profifußball, in: Samo Kobenter/Peter Plener (eds.) Seitenwechsel: Geschichten vom Fußball, Bohmann Verlag, Wien, 41-52.
• Angerler, Eva/Barbara Liegl (2008): CSR and corporate governance in Austria, in: transfer, Vol 14 No 1, Spring 2008, 77-92.
• Liegl, Barbara/Georg Spitaler (2008): Legionäre am Ball: Migration im österreichischen Fußball nach 1945, Braumüller, Wien.
• Liegl, Barbara (2008): Wie viel Rassismus darf es denn sein?, in: ZARA (2008): Rassismus Report 2007, 11-12.
• Bischof, Karin/Brigitte Halbmayr/Kerstin Lercher/Barbara Liegl (2007): Integration in Niederösterreich – Beobachtungen zur Entstehung eines neuen Politikfeldes im kommunalen Kontext und empirische Befunde – Entstehungsbedingungen, Problemlagen und Modelle, in: Heinz Fassmann (ed.) 2. Österreichischer Migrations- und Integrationsbericht: 2001-2006, Drava Verlag, Klagenfurt/Celovec, 351-356.
• Bischof, Karin/Brigitte Halbmayr/Barbara Liegl/Kerstin Lercher (2007): Integration als kommunales Politikfeld – Entstehungsbedingungen, Problemlagen und Modelle, in: SWS Rundschau 2/2007, 164-185.
• Reindl, Susanne/Katharina Köhler/Barbara Liegl (2006): Report of Working Groups 3 and 4: Freedom of expression including hate speech and criminal repression and Racism and Xenophobia in the media and on internet, in: Bundesministerium für Justiz (ed.) Seminar on Racism and Xenophobia: Palace of Justice, Vienna, 20-22 June 2006, Schriftenreihe des Bundesministerium für Justiz – Band 128, Neuer Wissenschaftlicher Verlag, Wien, 75-77.
• Liegl, Barbara (2006): Die SPÖ, in: Emmerich Tálos (ed.): Schwarz – Blau: Eine Bilanz des „Neu Regierens“, LIT Verlag, Wien, 38-52.
• Liegl, Barbara/Helga Amesberger/Brigitte Halbmayr (2006): Migration Policy in the Health Sector, in: IOM, Second Small Scale Study II: Managed Migration and the Labour market – the health sector - Austrian Report, 13-16.
• Liegl, Barbara (2005): Kleinparteien, in: Herbert Dachs/Peter Gerlich/Herbert Gottweis/Helmut Kramer/Volkmar Lauber/Wolfgang C. Müller/Emmerich Tálos (eds.): Politik in Österreich: Das Handbuch, Wien, 402-411.
• Bali, Susi/Theresia Gabriel/Barbara Liegl/Irene Kloimüller (2004): Standortbestimmung, in: EQUAL-Entwicklungspartnerschaft "Gleiche Chancen im Betrieb" (ed.): Gleiche Chancen im Betrieb: Das Handbuch zur Gleichstellung von MigrantInnen, Wien, 81-98.
• Liegl, Barbara/Bernhard Perchinig/Birgit Weyss (2004): Prawne i instytucjonalne aspekty przeciwdzia³ania dyskriminacji w Polsce, Warsaw.
• Liegl, Barbara/Bernhard Perchinig/Birgit Weyss (2004): Combating Religious and Ethnic Discrimination in Employment, edited by the European Network Against Racism.
• Liegl, Barbara/Anton Pelinka (2004): Chronos und Ödipus: Der Kreisky-Androsch-Konflikt, Wien.
• Bauböck, Rainer/Barbara Liegl (2000). Wahlrecht für AusländerInnen, in: Forum Politische Bildung (ed.): Informationen zur Politischen Bildung, Nr. 17, 80-81.

Curriculum Vitae

Key competences

• Broad expertise on education for democratic citizenship and human rights education (lectures, workshops, trainings / publications / networking)
• Focus on women’s human rights, children’s rights, rights of persons with disabilities, national human rights institutions
• Organizational development, strategic planning
• Human and financial resources
• Knowledge transfer and communication

Professional record and networks

• Since 2018 Austrian member of the Council of Europe Education Policy Advisors Network (EPAN)
• Since 2016 board member of the Austrian League of Human Rights
• Since 2015 board member of WUK, Verein zur Schaffung offener Kultur- und Werkstättenhäuser
• Since 2012 co-director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights
• Since 2008 head of the human rights education unit at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights
• Since 2006 managing director of polis – Austrian Centre for Citizenship Education in Schools
• 2009 – 2016 auditor of erinnern.at – Nationalsozialismus und Holocaust: Gedächtnis und Gegenwart
• 2009 – 2015 board member of the Interessengemeinschaft Politische Bildung
• 2003 – 2009 board member of Amnesty International Austria
• 2002 – 2006 project-coordination at Integration:Österreich
• 1999 – 2002 Austrian representative in the international women's rights network of Amnesty International
• 1996 – 2003 publishing house Kunstverkehr (arts and culture)
• Literary translator from the French
• Consultant of organisations, facilitator, coach

Education

• Studies at the University of Vienna (Comparative Literature, Romance Languages and literature) (Mag. phil, Dr. phil.)
• Vocational education in project management
• Vocational training in strategic management, Gender Mainstreaming, organizational development, human resource management etc.

Publications

• Steininger, Sigrid; Hladschik, Patricia: Die „Achter-Jahre“ und die österreichische Geschichte. 2018 als Jahr des Gedenkens, Erinnerns und Feierns. In: Journal für politische Bildung 1/2018. ISSN 2191-8244. S. 32-37.
• Hladschik, Patricia: Empfehlungen für nicht-diskriminierende Schulbücher. Fokus Gender und sexuelle Orientierung. Wien: Edition polis, 2016.
• Hladschik, Patricia: Guidelines on how to identify discrimination in textbooks, focusing on gender and sexual orientation. UDHËZIME SE SI TË IDENTIFIKOHET DISKRIMINIMI NË TEKSTET MËSIMORE, ME THEKS TË VEÇANTË NË GJINI DHE ORIENTIM SEKSUAL. SMERNICE KAKO DA SE PREPOZNA DISKRIMINACIJA U UDŽBENICIMA, POSEBNO NA OSNOVU RODA I SEKSUALNE ORIJENTACIJE. English/Albanian/Serbian. Prishtina: normallydiffernt, 2015.
• Diendorfer, Gertraud; Hladschik, Patricia, Lechner-Amante, Alexandra (Hrsg.): Bildungsfragen: Europa und ökonomisches Lernen. Schwalbach/Ts.: Wochenschau Verlag, 2015.
• Aigner, Heidrun; Hladschik, Patricia: Frauenrechte sind Menschenrechte. polis aktuell 3/2014. Wien: Zentrum polis, 2014.
• Hladschik, Patricia: Kinderrechte sind Menschenrechte. polis aktuell 11/2014. Wien: Zentrum polis, 2014.
• Hladschik, Patricia; Turek, Elisabeth: Politische Bildung outdoor. polis aktuell 2/2014. Wien: Zentrum polis, 2014.
• Hellmuth, Thomas; Hladschik Patricia (Hrsg.): Inhalte, Methoden und Medien in der politischen Bildung. Schwalbach/Ts.: Wochenschau Verlag, 2014.
• Hladschik, Patricia: Realising the Human Rights of Women Universally: Tackling the Implementation Gap. In: Kozma, Julia; Müller-Funk, Anna; Nowak, Manfred: Vienna+20. Advancing the Protection of Human Rights. Achievements, Challenges and Perspectives. 20 Years after the World Conference. Wien: NWV/Intersentia, 2014. S. 185-198.
• Hladschik, Patricia; Nussbaumer, Michael: Flucht und Migration. polis aktuell 2/2103. Wien: Zentrum polis, 2013.
• Member of the Austrian team of experts contributing to the study: Citizenship Education in Europe. Eurydice/European Commission, Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, 2012. ISBN 978-92-9201-264-9
• Hladschik, Patricia; Steurer, Dorothea: Human Rights Education – know your rights. In: Nowak, Manfred et al. (Hrsg.): Vienna Manual in Human Rights. Wien: NWV, 2012.
• Diendorfer, Gertraud; Hellmuth, Thomas; Hladschik, Patricia Hrsg.):Politische Bildung als Beruf. Professionalisierung in Österreich. Schwalbach/Ts.: Wochenschau Verlag, 2012.
• Hladschik, Patricia: Gesetze. polis aktuell 4/2011. Wien: Zentrum polis, 2011.
• Hladschik, Patricia: Menschenrechte, Politik und Medien in der Volksschule. polis aktuell 1/2011. Wien: Zentrum polis, 2011.
• Ausserer, Ingrid; Hladschik, Patricia; Steurer, Dorothea; Turek, Elisabeth: Konsum und Lebensstil. polis aktuell 3/2010. Wien: Zentrum polis, 2010.
• Ausserer, Ingrid; Hladschik, Patricia; Turek, Elisabeth: Ich kauf mir was – Wirtschaftserziehung und VerbraucherInnenbildung. Wien: Edition polis, 2010.
• Ausserer, Ingrid; Haupt, Maria; Hladschik, Patricia: Europa in der Volksschule. Unterrichtsbeispiele und Projektideen. Wien: Edition polis, 2010.
• Hladschik. Patricia: Frauenrechte sind Menschenrechte. polis aktuell 8/2009. Wien, Zentrum polis, 2009.
• Hladschik. Patricia: Kinderrechte sind Menschenrechte. polis aktuell 7/2009. Wien: Zentrum polis, 2009.
• Hladschik. Patricia: Alt und Jung. Miteinander oder Gegeneinander. polis aktuell 5/2009. Wien: Zentrum polis, 2009.
• Hladschik. Patricia: Protest. polis aktuell 3/2008. Wien: Zentrum polis, 2008.
• Hladschik, Patricia; Nussbaumer, Michael: Vielfältige L(i)ebenswelten. Diskriminierung aufgrund sexueller Orientierung. polis aktuell 6/2007. Wien: Zentrum polis, 2007.
• Haupt, Maria; Hladschik, Patricia; Steurer, Dorothea: Baustelle Geschlechtergerechtigkeit. Nachhaltige Entwicklung und Geschlechtergerechtigkeit. polis aktuell 4/2007. Wien: Zentrum polis, 2007.
• Hladschik, Patricia; Vyoral, Hannes: Kultur Land Niederösterreich. Handbuch '01. 2 Bde. Wien: Kunstverkehr 2001.
• Hladschik, Patricia; Vyoral, Hannes; Jankovic, Georg: Guide Culturel Vol. 4 – Architecture et Design. Wien/Paris: Österreichisches Kulturinstitut , 2000.
• Hladschik, Patricia; Vyoral, Hannes: BildKunst Österreich '99. Adressen und Informationen – Bildende Kunst, Fotografie, Film, Architektur, Design. Handbuch und CD-Rom. 2 Bde. Wien: Kunstverkehr, 1999.
• Hladschik, Patricia; Vyoral, Hannes: BILDendeKUNSTanfang. KünstlerInnen-Handbuch samt CD-Rom für Schulen. Wien: Kunstverkehr, 1999.
• Hladschik, Patricia; Vyoral, Hannes: Kultur Land Niederösterreich. Handbuch '98. Wien: Kunstverkehr, 1998.
• Hladschik, Patricia; Vyoral, Hannes: BildKunst Österreich Online. Internet-Datenbank (www.kunstverkehr.at), ab 1998.
• Hladschik, Patricia; Vyoral, Hannes; Jankovic Georg: Guide Culturel Vol. 3 – Les Beaux Arts. 164 S., ill. Wien/Paris: Österreichisches Kulturinstitut Paris, 1998.
• Hladschik, Patricia; Vyoral, Hannes: BildKunst Österreich '97. Adressen und Informationen – Bildende Kunst, Fotografie, Film, Architektur, Design. Handbuch und CD-Rom. Wien: Kunstverkehr, 1997.
• Hladschik, Patricia; Lunzer, Heinz Lunzer; Polt-Heinzl, Evelyne: Neuerscheinungen österreichischer Autorinnen und Autoren. Kommentierte Bibliografie. Zirkular-Sondernummer. Wien: Dokumentationsstelle für neuere österreichische Literatur, 1993.

   

  Translations of novels

  • Mahi Binebine: Kannibalen. Neuübers. a. d. Franz.: Patricia A. Hladschik. Basel: Lenos, 2017.
  • Mohammed Khair- Eddine: Es war einmal ein glückliches Paar. Übers. a. d. Franz.: Patricia A. Hladschik. Mainz: Kinzelbach, 2004 (2. Aufl. 2010).
  • Mahi Binebine: Kannibalen. Übers. a. d. Franz.: Patricia A. Hladschik. Innsbruck: Haymon Verlag, 2003.
  • Rachid Boudjedra: Fluchten. Übers. a. d. Franz.: Patricia A. Hladschik. Mainz: Kinzelbach, 2001.

   

   

Curriculum Vitae

Key competences

• Research on EU enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy
• Comprehensive project management of EU funded projects on an international level: project acquisition, project design, monitoring of implementation, quality control, reporting, budgeting and financial management, logistics, auditing and self-evaluation, project follow-up (focus: EU Twinning projects)
• Setting up and coordinating multinational teams of experts from various backgrounds (public administrations, civil society, academia)
• Cooperation with EU institutions as well as national authorities
• Team management, strategic and operational planning, resource management, communication, knowledge management

Work experience

• Researcher / Project Manager (since 03/2003) and Head of Department European Neighbourhood and Integration Policy (since 05/2008) at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights
• Court trainee at the Higher Regional Court Vienna
• Seminar coordinator at the Austrian Red Cross/ACCORD (Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation)
• Workshop assistant at the Austrian Research Foundation for Development Aid (ÖFSE)/ACCORD
• Library assistant at the Department of Political Science, University of Vienna

Education

• Master's degree in Law, University of Vienna
• Master's degree in Political Science and English, University of Vienna
• Erasmus student of Political Science at the University of Huddersfield, UK

Publications

• Fraczek, Susanne: „Das Ludwig Boltzmann Institut für Menschenrechte (BIM) und sein Engagement in der Heranführungspolitik", in: Nova & Varia - Zeitschrift des Juristenverbandes, 1/2006, p. 28-31.
• Fraczek, Susanne: Interkulturalität und Diversität in der EU Heranführungspolitik: das Instrument Twinning im Spiegel des Europäischen Jahres des interkulturellen Dialogs 2008, Wien 2008 (Master thesis).
• Fraczek, Susanne: „Human Rights and the European Enlargement Policy“, in: Nowak, Manfred (ed.): Vienna Manual on Human Rights, Vienna 2012, p. 204-209.
• Fraczek, Susanne / Huszka, Beáta / Hüttner, Claudia / Körtvélyesi, Zsolt / Majtényi, Balázs, Romsics, Gergely: FRAME - Report on mapping, analysing and implementing foreign policy instruments in human rights promotion. Work Package No. 6  - Deliverable No. 1. 2015.
• Fraczek, Susanne / Huszka, Beáta / Körtvélyesi, Zsolt: FRAME - The role of human rights in the EU’s external action in the Western Balkans and Turkey. Work Package No. 6 – Deliverable No. 2. 2016.

Curriculum Vitae

Key competences

• Research, specifically in the area of criminal justice and human rights, prevention of torture and ill-treatment, rights of detainees
• Consulting on legal reforms and organizational development for state and civil society organizations; certified as ‘Systemic Organizational Consultant’
• Developing and implementing trainings for different target audiences
• Team and project management in an interdisciplinary and international setting
• Drafting of studies, reports, and practical manuals
• Moderation and facilitation of events
• Monitoring of places of detention, interviewing victims of human rights violations
• Teaching experience on human rights, organizational development and leadership

Professional record

• Head of Department ‘Human Dignity and Public Security’, Senior Researcher and project manager; Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights (BIM)
• Consultant and trainer in inter alia Austria, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Morocco, Paraguay, Pakistan, Romania, Togo, Turkey, United Kingdom, Uruguay
• Lecturer on human rights at the European University Viadrina, University of Vienna, Danube University Krems, International Anti-Corruption Academy and on systemic leadership at New York University
• Legal Researcher and Assistant of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture, Vienna, Austria
• Chairperson of the Jus Humanis International Human Rights Network, Lund, Sweden
• Internship at the UNHCR Regional Office, Legal Protection Unit, Berlin, Germany
• Independent researcher, Rencontre Africaine pour la Défense des Droits de l'Homme (RADDHO), Dakar, Senegal
• Human rights observer in endangered indigenous communities in Chiapas, Mexico, Center for Human Rights Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas and CAPISE, Mexico
• Internship at the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), Accra, Ghana

Education

• Certification as ‘Systemic Organization Consultant’, Artop Institute, Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany
• Master in International Human Rights Law (LL.M), Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law/Lund University, Sweden
• Master of Laws (State Exam/Dipl.-Jur.), Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany
• Various professional trainings on leadership, mediation, agile project management, change management, etc.

Publications

• Birk/Crittin/Tomkin/Zach, The Future of Mutual Trust and the Prevention of Ill-Treatment – Judicial Cooperation and the Engagement of National Preventive Mechanisms,  Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights/Academy of European Law, April 2017;
• Birk/Bajumanova/Ismailova, Kyrgyzstan, in: Richard Carver/Lisa Handley, Does Torture Prevention Work?, Liverpool University Press, July 2016;
• Birk/Kiselica, Detained Persons - the Legal Framework for the Care of Those in Detention and Definitions of Cruel, Degrading or Inhuman Treatment, in: Jason Payne-James/Roger Byard (eds.), Encyclopedia of Forensic and Legal Medicine , 2nd edition, 2015; 
• Birk/Zach, “Torture Prevention in the EU – Many Actors, Few Outcomes?”, in: Wolfgang Benedek/Matthias C. Kettemann/Manfred Nowak (eds.), European Yearbook on Human Rights, May 2015;
• Birk et. al.,Enhancing impact of NPMs, Strengthening the follow-up on NPM recommendations in the EU: strategic development, current practices and the way forward, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights/University of Bristol, May 2015;
• Birk/Bajumanova, Prevention of Torture in Kyrgyzstan 1985-2014, In-country report for the research project of the Association for the Prevention of Torture on the effectiveness of torture prevention measures, December 2014 (publication forthcoming)
• Birk/Crittin/Lober/Schüchner, Atlas of Torture: Monitoring and Preventing Torture Worldwide – Building Upon the Work of the UN Special Rapporteur, Final Comparative Report, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights, December 2013;
• Birk/Crittin/Lober, Manuel d’Observation des Droits Humains dans les Lieux de Détention, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights/YMCA, September 2013 ;
• Birk/Crittin/Lober, Guide de Visites de Lieux de Détention, Comission Nationale des Droits de l’Homme/Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights, September 2013;
• Birk/Crittin, Directrices para Visitas a Lugares de Detención, Ministerio de la Defensa Publica del Paraguay, November 2012;
• Birk/Crittin, Glosario de Tortura y Malos Tratos, Estándares Internacionales y Paraguayos, , Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights/Coordinadora de Derechos Humanos del Paraguay, November 2012;
• Nowak/Birk/Stippel, Das absolute Folterverbot aus extraterritorialer Perspektive, Zeitschrift für Menschenrechte/ Deutsches Institut für Menschenrechte, Schwerpunktausgabe "Menschenrechte als Maßstab internationaler Politik", 2/2012, pp. 9-26;
• Birk, La Institución Nacional de Derechos Humanos y Defensoría del como Mecanismo Nacional de Prevención - Propuestas para un funcionamiento eficaz, Derechos Humanos en el Uruguay - Informe 2012, Servicio Paz y Justicia – Uruguay (SERPAJ), Montevideo, December 2012;
• Birk, Human Rights of Detainees, in: Nowak/Januszewski/Hofstätter (eds.), All Human Rights for All – Vienna Manual on Human Rights, Vienna 2012, pp. 477-483;
• Nowak/Birk/Crittin, The Obama Administration and Obligations Under the Convention Against Torture, Journal of Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems, Vol. 20/1, Spring 2011;
• Nowak/Birk/Kozma, UN Human Rights Council in Crisis – Proposals to Enhance the Effectiveness of the Council, European Yearbook on Human Rights 2011, pp. 41-84;
• Birk et. al., Pre-trial Detention and Torture: Why Pretrial Detainees Face the Greatest Risk, Open Society Justice Initiative, New York 2011;
• Birk/Kirchgässer/Kozma, Final Report on the possible solutions for the establishment of a National Preventive Mechanism in Romania, Twinning Light project report, Romanian Ministry of Justice, June 2010; 
• Contributions to the publications of the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture: e.g. A/65/273, A/HRC/16/52/Add.4, A/HRC/13/39; A/HRC/13/39/Add.5 (Study on the phenomena of torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in the world, including an assessment of conditions of detention).

Curriculum Vitae

Key competences

• Organisational development and change-processes
• Management of staff and finance
• Strategic communication and public relations
• Event design and storytelling
• Fundraising and relationship management

Professional record and networks

• Since 2019 administrative director, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights
• Since 2018 chairlady, association "Cottage Kindergarten"
• Since 2018 auditor, Vienna Songwriting Association
• Since 2012 Member of the Council, European Forum Alpbach
• 2012 – 2018 director, Retail Association – Association of Austrian Trading Companies
• 2008 – 2012 director, European Forum Alpbach
• 2007 – 2008 communications consultant, Pleon Publico
• 2005 – 2006 freelance editor, Falter
• 2002 – 2004 bilingual editor, ORF-Radio FM4

Education

• Studies of international politics and economics, Johns Hopkins University – School of Advanced International Studies (Master of Arts)
• Studies of german philology and philosophy, University of Vienna (Mag. Phil.)
• Creative Writing, Cambridge (Pembroke College)

Curriculum Vitae

born 1979 in Bergheim near Cologne (Germany)

Studied law at the University of Cologne with a focus on international and European law, human rights, legal philosophy and general political science. Stations he completed in the German Bundestag, Berlin; at the European Commission (DG Competition), Brussels; and the German Mission to the United Nations, New York. He received his doctorate in 2010 with a dissertation on the supranationality of the European Union, which has also been awarded the Cologne University Prize for Outstanding Scientific Achievements. He habilitated in 2017 with a thesis on the effects of globalization on the concept of statehood and sovereignty. He was given the teaching license (venia legendi / venia docendi) for public law including general political science and international and European law. As a visiting scholar, Michael Lysander Fremuth has taught and researched in the USA, Russia, South Africa and Turkey. In recent years, Fremuth has taught as a lecturer, professor or visiting professor at the Universities of Bayreuth, Freiburg and Trier and the Free University of Berlin. He has also repeatedly offered courses in international law as a lecturer at the Federal Academy of Public Administration.

Fremuth was a co-founder and longtime chairman of the German Society for the United Nations (DGVN) in North Rhine-Westphalia, a member of the Federal Board of DGVN and has worked in the International Commission of the German section of Amnesty International. He also heads the study group Escape and Migration Law of the German Association for International Law.

National, supranational and international human rights protection is a focus of his research and lecturing activities. He is currently working on the new edition of his well-received book "Human Rights: Fundamentals and Documents" (Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag and Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung) and is preparing the course European Human Rights Law, which he will teach as part of a summer school at Kant University in Kaliningrad.

Since April 1, Michael Lysander Fremuth has taken up his post as University Professor for Fundamental and Human Rights at the University of Vienna and as Scientific Director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights.

Curriculum Vitae

Key competences

• Research and consulting on human rights, especially the prohibition and prevention of torture and ill-treatment under the UN Convention against Torture and its Optional Protocol
• Research and consulting on fundamental rights in the EU context, especially procedural rights of suspects and accused, migration and asylum issues
• Research on National Human Rights Institutions and National Preventive Mechanisms established under the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention Against Torture
• Organisation and coordination of (research-) projects
• Trainings, lectures and presentations in the areas of international human rights law, esp. the prohibition of torture and ill-treatment, the right of liberty and security, and the right to a fair trial

Professional record

• Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights, Head of Department “Human Dignity and Public Security” since 2020;  Researcher and Project Manager (2016–2019)
• Independent consultant (incl. Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights, Vienna, Austria; EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, Vienna, Austria; ICF International, Brussels, Belgium)
• EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, Trainee
• Law Firm ‘Studio Legale Associato Avv. Nisii’, Teramo, Italy, Lawyer
• European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France (Trainee)

Education

• Bar exam/qualified lawyer in the Italian legal system, Italy
• Law studies (Laurea Magistrale in Giurisprudenza), University of Bologna, Italy
• Study visiting, University of Strasbourg, France; University of Southampton, United Kingdom

Selected publications

• Manfred Nowak, Moritz Birk and Giuliana Monina (eds.), The United Nations Convention Against Torture and its Optional Protocol: A Commentary (Oxford University Press, 2nd rev ed, 2019). Author of ‘Article 10 CAT: Training of Personnel’; ‘Article 11 CAT: Review of Interrogation and Detention Rules’; ‘Article 15 CAT: The Exclusionary Rule’; and several procedural articles 17-33 CAT
• Manfred Nowak and Giuliana Monina, The United Nations Committee against Torture (CAT),  Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law (Oxford University Press, 2019)
• Manfred Nowak and Giuliana Monina, ‘Defining Torture and the Obligation of Systematic Review in the CAT Treaty’ in Steven J. Barela, Mark Fallon, Gloria Gaggioli and Jens David Ohlin (eds.), Interrogation and Torture: Integrating Efficacy with Law and Morality (Oxford University Press, 2019).
• Giuliana Monina, Nora Katona, “Guidebook: Strengthening the Rights of Suspects and Accused in Criminal Proceedings – The Role of National Human Rights Institutions” (December 2019)
• Giuliana Monina, ‘”Judging” the Grounds for Detention of Asylum Seekers: Discrepancies between EU Law and the ECHR. An Analysis of the CJEU Decisions of K. v. Staatssecretaris van Veiligheid en Justitie & J.N. v. Staatssecretaris van Veiligheid en Justitie in  A. Crescenzi, R. Forastiero, G. Palmisano (eds.) Asylum and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (Editoriale Scientifica, 2018)